Editor - TS/SCI req'd. Charlottesville,VA

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Editor will provide editorial support to intelligence directorate elements in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The Technical Editor is responsible for ensuring that products are error free and meet Intelligence Community and DIA standards. The position requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to task manage and prioritize workloads.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Edit products, including multimedia elements, for grammar, syntax, spelling, and usage to ensure clarity, consistency, and logic.
• Ensure intelligence products have the proper classification markings and conform with DIA and Intelligence Community standards.
• Ensure edits are complete by the required deadlines.
• Utilize resources to assist with verifying facts and content.
• Format documents and verify classification markings and sources.
• Provide editorial advice and guidance regarding DIA and Intelligence Community standards and policies.
• Exercise excellent interpersonal skills while meeting face-to-face with authors, senior reviewers, and foreign disclosure officers.

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or related area.
• Impeccable editing skills, including knowledge of copyediting, with a keen eye for detail.
• Experience with multitasking, prioritizing, and rapidly adapting to changing organizational requirements while producing error-free material under tight deadlines.
• Experience in quality control, problem identification and analysis, initiative, and creativity in problem solving.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively and build rapport with others.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe products.
• Familiarity with Security Marking Program standards for classification and declassification markings.