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Virginia Association of Museums, Washington, DC, United States


Name of Organization – National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. Closes – October 25th (may be extended) Title – Supervisory Technical Editor (Associate Publisher) The Associate Publisher will play a vital role in supervising the editorial team, and the planning, writing, and distribution of the National Gallery’s print and digital publications, as well as ephemera to help tell our stories in fresh, inspiring, and exciting ways that drive successful audience engagement. Duties As the Supervisory Technical Editor, you will: Under the strategic guidance of the Chief Brand Officer and Publisher and in collaboration with other colleagues across the National Gallery, the incumbent acts as project manager for the proposal preparation, developmental editing, and copyediting, of both print and digital permanent collection and research publication projects, including branded books, scholarly research and seminar papers, and catalogue raisonnés. Advises the Chief Brand Officer and Publisher on the business plan and provides them with information on list development. Oversees the preparation and application of editorial development, style, and formatting guidelines, and ensures that all brand work is completed in connection with the voice guidelines. The incumbent develops and maintains relationships with print, audio, visual, electronic, and other media for the purpose of communicating and marketing the services available, ensuring that the National Gallery’s brand identity is properly communicated and identified. Writes, performs developmental editing, and copy editing for art books and research publications. The incumbent manages long-range initiatives planned in concert with the strategic plan. Assures implementation of goals and objectives for the program segment. Determines goals and objectives that need additional emphasis; determines the best approach or solution for resolving budget shortages; and plans for long-range staffing needs, including such matters as whether to contract out work. The incumbent is involved with high-level program officials (or comparable agency level staff personnel) in the development of overall goals and objectives for assigned staff functions, programs, or program segments. Helps to draft the fiscal-year budget for the program and works with the budget coordinator in the Office of Brand Strategy and Publishing to submit accurate fiscal budgets to the Chief Brand Officer and Publisher with an eye to increasing potential revenue across the list overall. #J-18808-Ljbffr