Copy Editor Job at Stand Together in Arlington

Content Summary: Copy Editor at Arlington, for Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America's boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country's biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

As a Copy Editor on our Content team you'll elevate writing standards and maintain content integrity across diverse platforms. In this role, you'll be instrumental in refining content to align with our mission, ensuring clarity, consistency, and engagement. Your expertise in journalism or communications, mastery of style guides, and ability to integrate technology for quality enhancement will drive impactful storytelling. With a collaborative approach, you'll guide authors through the editing process, fostering trust and upholding our commitment to excellence.

How You Will Contribute

• Enhance content quality, bringing copy from good to great through meticulous editing and an understanding of impactful storytelling.
• Maintain and develop our style guide, being a vanguard of standards and quality across all content.
• Collaborate across teams, offering guidance and support to writers and editors, ensuring content reflects our voice and adheres to high standards.
• Manage content workflows and processes to optimize efficiency and meet organizational goals.
• Proactively engage with content creators, acting as a supportive challenger and ensuring resources are aptly utilized.

What You Will Bring

• Proven experience in a copyediting role, preferably in a fast-paced editorial environment.
• Strong understanding of digital content creation, with an ability to distill complex information into engaging, audience-specific content.
• Excellent command of language with an ability to enforce and abide by style guide standards.
• The ability to evaluate copy for voice and tone, especially when optimizing for different audiences, including donors.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining precision and attention to detail.
• Experience developing workflows and copy operations is a plus.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.

Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.