The Choice is managing a contract position for our client- a tax industry, policy publications firm. This is a temporary position for maternity leave coverage (~20 weeks), starting in early January.

The ideal candidate will be/will have:

Bachelor’s degree in English, writing, or journalism, or equivalent experience required
2+ years editorial or proofreading experience
Thorough understanding of editorial and publication processes
Familiarity with online publishing and web-content management
Proficiency in Windows, Word, Adobe Acrobat, electronic databases, and web searching
Experience with XHTML preferred
DMV area-based, must be able to commute to Falls Church VA for a hybrid in office schedule (3 days a week in office). Free parking is available. Must have access to reliable transportation as Metro is not walkable.

Job Duties:

Researches and writes brief news stories for daily online publication.
Summarizes and processes treaties, news releases, and other documents in content management system.
Edits news stories and adds associations to cited treaties.
Checks for content accuracy, grammar, spelling, and consistency, in accordance
with established policies and procedures and company style guide.
Oversees processing of documents and performs final review of files for quality assurance before publication.
Updates and maintains data in tables, treaties, and online tools to ensure accuracy.
Works in source code to enrich data and make improvements as needed.
Communicates regularly with editors and production department staff to meet
established deadlines.
Acts as backup for other team members as required or assigned.
Undertakes special projects as requested.
Adheres to company style guide and established publication deadlines.

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