Virginia Business is looking for an assistant editor to help bring the monthly magazine and its website to the next level. The assistant editor will be an integral part of the magazine’s four-member editorial team, helping create and edit content for the magazine, its website and supplemental publications. The assistant editor also will assist with growing the magazine’s digital audience and revenue.
General job duties:
- Edit and create content for Virginia Business and its supplemental publications
- Fact checking
- Writing brief, daily online stories
- Assisting with digital marketing
- Promoting content through social media
- Conducting research for magazine projects
- Helping compile special projects
The ideal candidate:
- Has one year experience in professional journalism, or professional internships
- Is proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Microsoft Excel
- Has some experience working on the backend of websites, including basic HTML
- Knows AP Style
- Is extremely detail-oriented
- Is familiar with existing social media platforms
- Is a creative and detail-oriented writer who can craft a solid business story
- Has an interest in business
- Adheres to deadlines
- Works well both independently and in a group
- Has an interest in digital publishing and developing strategies to improve digital publications
- Has earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, or related field
To apply:
Email cover letter, resume, and three published writing samples to both:
Robert Powell, Editor, rpowell@va-business.com and Jessica Sabbath, Senior Editor, jsabbath@va-business.com
Chris RoushChris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.