assistant arts and culture editor

Date Posted	March 29, 2024
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Not Specified
Required Education	Bachelor's Degree
Job Status	Full-time

Description:

A&C Assistant Editor Job Description

Locally-owned, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper and media company Willamette Week is seeking an Assistant Arts & Culture Editor with reporting and editing experience to join the team. 

We’re looking for a candidate who can be an arbiter of what’s next in the city with an emphasis on discovery—identifying breakout bands, steering readers toward innovative culinary pop-ups and cultural shifts in visual arts. Can you write criticism in an insightful way, and uplift artistic movements that merit praise? Can you manage a small team under big pressure? We want to meet you. Come from a background that’s underrepresented in journalism? We want to hear from you.

Responsibilities Include:

• Collaborate with Arts & Culture Editor on scheduling, writing and editing weekly print content, including bimonthly cover packages

• Assist overseeing a team of freelancers covering a diverse range of arts & culture news

• Develop a beat to cover as WW’s main voice for both digital and print

• Contribute stories to WW’s digital coverage 

• Work from the NW office at least three days a week (this is a hybrid role)

• Attend team and all staff meetings, and collaborate with other departments on company wide initiatives 

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional writing experience

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, creative writing or equivalent work experience

• Sharp proofreading and editing skills

• A strong writing portfolio 

• Experienced in giving clear and concise editing feedback and responding to edits

• An organized writer with ability to balance multiple projects and prioritize deadlines

Additional Information:

To apply, please share your resume, a cover letter, and two to four published writing clips to artseditor@wweek.com