[Remote] Multiplatform Editor, News and Sports Copy Desks (Temporary)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Los Angeles Times is seeking a temporary multiplatform editor to work on both the News and Sports copy desks. The role involves editing articles, ensuring quality control, and writing engaging headlines while operating in a fast-paced environment with digital publishing demands. Responsibilities • Edit articles, photo captions and galleries, news breakers and newsletters; text for graphics, videos and databases; and other coverage for grammar, syntax and style as well as for formatting, search engine optimization and legality • Serve as a newsroom quality-control specialist, ensuring that all content meets Times standards • Write engaging headlines and photo captions that are optimized for search and can perform well on social media • Work with a level of accuracy that allows immediate posting on the website • Operate in a fast-paced environment with continuous digital publishing demands and daily print deadlines • Expedite the movement of material between the website and print by collaborating with copy editors, assigning editors, reporters, website producers, page designers, graphics editors and photo/visual journalists Skills • A minimum of ten years of experience editing news and features stories for a journalistic publication; copy desk experience editing the coverage areas listed above is a plus • Strong skills in line and copy editing and headline writing for digital and print, strong news judgment and knowledge of taste and legal considerations • Consistent ability to work quickly, accurately and with precision • Demonstrated ability to work well in a team setting and multitask in a deadline-driven environment • Expertise in using production systems and software tools required to edit, produce and curate content for digital and print. This may include Slack, Cue/CCI, Google Docs, Gmail, search engines and social media tools • An ethical and inclusive approach in the workplace that promotes positive collaboration • Versatility and adaptability, working not just across production platforms but also across subject areas and possibly filling in on the other Times' copy desks from time to time Company Overview • The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of 1.2 million and 2.1 million on Sunday, more than 32 million unique latimes.com visitors monthly and a combined print and online local weekly audience of 4.4 million. It was founded in 1881, and is headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.latimes.com. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job