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Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC

Senior Level Editor with Security Clearance

Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC, St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Job Description Senior Editor Position Requirement:  MUST BE A US CITIZEN  ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED  MUST HAVE 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH PERFORMING THIS ROLE AT THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REQUIRED Locations: St. Louis, Missouri Job Type: Full-Time Employee The ideal candidate will have an indepth understanding of the editing processes at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a strong background in geospatial analysis, automation technologies, and a keen eye for detail. Qualification Requirements: • Review, analyze, and correct draft material for clarity, consistency, style, format, logic, and organization, as well as grammar, word usage, spelling, and punctuation. • Review products dealing with complex analytical intelligence issues and provide guidance to geospatial intelligence analysts and other editors regarding logic, clarity, comprehensiveness, relevance, and brevity. • Verify classifications provided by analysts or direct them to classification management teams. • Support the production and dissemination of finished GEOINT products by working with analytic customers (authors) to determine the appropriate reporting mechanism for conveying GEOINT to NGA's external customers, editing intelligence documents, and managing the production of NGA GEOINT products. 1 ,• Work closely with analysts, from the early stages of manuscript development through the entire publishing process, (includes final reviews of text, graphics, and other formats for NGA intelligence products) to help them organize and refine analytic content into an e ective product. • Edit documents and manage the production of NGA intelligence reporting in the current suite of NGA product types and briefing materials, visual aids, and other products, as required. • Work on multiple projects with simultaneous deadlines under fast-paced conditions; must be available to perform duties in a multiple-shift environment, as necessary. • Perform structural, substantive, and copy edits of analytical manuscripts for organization, completeness, logic, accuracy, and compliance with language, style, formatting. • Produce, process, and disseminate documents in many hardcopy, softcopy, and web formats and ensure compatibility with a variety of computer systems and telecommunications networks. • Coordinate and disseminate finished intelligence products as required. • Provide quality control in accordance with NGA policy and standards for intelligence products. • Attend regularly scheduled editor and production support meetings and stay current with ongoing production support initiatives. • Review product metadata for completeness. • Demonstrate customer service excellence by clearly and concisely communicating work status, methods, instructions, problems, requirements, options, and concerns with team members, managers, and customers within NGA and the Intelligence Community. • Participate in meetings with customers, team members, Contractors, and others to exchange information, make decisions, and/or provide updates. • Support the o ice and other branches in accomplishing the agency's overall mission, including expediting crisis work, special assignments, and ad hoc tasking on variously scheduled arrangements. • Support analytic customers (authors) by tagging GEOINT products with relevant keywords and information. 2 ,Required Skills and Experience: • At least ten years of relevant pro fessional editing experience. A bachelor's degree in a field related (e.g. Journalism or English) to the support services may count for up to four years of this experience. A master's degree in a field related to the support services may count for up to two additional years of this experience. • Superior and demonstrable proficiency in English language mechanics and vocabulary. • Knowledge of government-mandated plain language principles. • Strong computer skills and demonstrated proficiency on PC platforms. • Working knowledge of Microsoft O ice Suite and Adobe Acrobat. • Working knowledge of electronic publishing software such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe FrameMaker. • Working knowledge of structured authoring software (using SGML, XML, or HTML) and expert ability to format documents using such software. • Achieve 80 percent or higher diagnostic assessment, which will be administered by ATC. Should a lower score be achieved the government may consider waiving the requirement, at the request of the contractor. • Demonstrated aptitude in working with current, industry-standard electronic publishing computer systems, applications, and data asses. • Strong presentation and interpersonal skills. • Excellent writing skills. . • Familiarity with basic print-base and web-based design principles. • Working knowledge of web and multimedia technologies, and the ability to test and troubleshoot interactive and multimedia products using these technologies. • Familiarity with the US Intelligence Community--specifically, imagery collection and exploitation. 3