Comstock’s seeks departments editor

Comstock’s magazine, named Best Business Magazine and Best Consumer Web Publication by the Western Publishing Association, seeks a detail-oriented storyteller to join our team as a departments editor.

You will be a valued member of a talented and motivated team of artists, journalists and production experts who not only know how to do great work — we also know how to have fun.

This is a unique opportunity to become an essential part of the premier business publication for California’s Capital Region, which includes Sacramento and the 9 surrounding counties. Comstock’s is a multi-platform publication, so a working knowledge of both print and online media is essential. We offer a fast-paced work environment that demands innovation, teamwork and a keen attention to detail.

Our departments editor handles six monthly departments as well as our web-exclusive blogs. Because Comstock’s aims to tell stories over multiple platforms, this is a highly collaborative role that must work closely with both the editor in chief and community engagement specialist.

If you have a love stories and sleep with your AP Style Guide on the bedside table, we want to meet you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Concept department and web-exclusive topics that contribute to the best monthly package
• Assign and serve as first edit on all departments and web-exclusive content
• Serve as second edit on all features
• fact-checking
• write, at minimum, one feature per quarter

Key Skills:

• Firm grasp of AP style and journalistic storytelling
• Proficiency using Mac OS and Google Apps
• Ability to mentor lower-level employees
• Familiarity with both print and online media

Key Qualifications

• 2 years of editorial experience
• MBA or
• Degree in journalism, english or communications, or
• Proven alternative that checks this box with a bold stroke.

To apply, go here.