EDITOR

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
• 2) Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
• 3) Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.
• 4) Plan the contents of publications according to the publication’s style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
• 5) Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
• 6) Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.
• 7) Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
• 8) Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.
• 9) Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.
• 10) Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.
• 11) Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
• 12) Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters.
• 13) Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.
• 14) Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.
• 15) Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.
• 16) Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items’ significance and interest value.
• 17) Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers.
• 18) Direct the policies and departments of newspapers, magazines and other publishing establishments.
• 19) Arrange for copyright permissions.
• 20) Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.

Activities:

• 1) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• 2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 3) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 4) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 5) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 6) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 7) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 8) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 9) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal  /Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 10) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 11) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 12) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 13) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• 14) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• 15) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 16) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
• 17) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 18) Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• 19) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• 20) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• 21) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 22) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• 23) Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• 24) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• 25) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 11) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 12) Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• 13) Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• 14) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 15) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• 16) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

• 1) Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• 2) Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• 3) Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• 4) Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• 5) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.