CO: Editorial Assistant (S9998C)
Summary
Editorial Assistants for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Communications and Marketing help support the creation of editorial content — news articles, feature stories, listicles, social media copy, and other written content that informs, educates, entertains, inspires, and engages ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ audiences.
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ editorial content is published across the college’s major communications channels, including ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½News, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Magazine, and social media, forÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, and prospective students.
Prior BCO Editorial Assistants have found this position to gain exposure to the everyday workings of the media and communications industries; absorb helpful experience in writing and editing; learn the workings of a professional office; and gather journalistic writing samples for a portfolio.
Depending on experience and interest, Editorial Assistants help with:
- Doing research for stories for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Magazine and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½News
- Fact-checking editorial content prior to publication
- Formatting campus event information for publication
- Conducting interviews with faculty and students
- Writing journalistic stories for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ News (if interested)
The professionals in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Communications and Marketing Office represent broad expertise in marketing, journalism, media relations, video production, photography, graphic design, social media, and website development.
Basics
- Department: Communications
- Supervisor: Meredith McCarroll
- Office Location: Lane Hall
- Email: mmccarroll@bates.edu
- Workers: 2
Responsibilities
This is primarily a workstation position in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Communications Office, but can involve covering various events on campus as needed/if interested.
Requirements
Applicants should: Be fluent in English; be able to take direction and learn quickly;Â have a good eye for and understanding of grammar, spelling, and word usage.
Welcome, but not required: Strong writing skills; curiosity about current events; understanding of the structure and style of news and feature articles; interest in trying to understand and explain how things work.
Reporting
Editorial Assistants report to Senior Editorial Director editor Jay Burns and, by virtue of the central location of the assistant’s workstation in our Lane Hall office, are able to engage with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Communications professional staff in writing, social media, digital marketing, media relations, graphic design, sports information, and photography.