Editorial Production Specialist

About the role

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) seeks an experienced Editorial Production Specialist for our Tysons (McLean), Virginia office. The Editorial Production Specialist is responsible for copy editing, proofreading, editorial quality control, and desktop publishing support across the Association’s print and digital communications platforms.

Responsibilities

• Copy editing, proofreading, and editorial quality control
• Desktop publishing support
• Ensuring accuracy, consistency, readability, adherence to ALPA brand standards and The Chicago Manual of Style
• Production readiness for a wide range of Association materials, including long-form publications, executive communications, newsletters, websites, email campaigns, presentations, promotional materials, and governance documents
• Collaborating with production coordinators, designers, writers, translators, and subject matter experts
• Substantive editing, document formatting, layout review, long-form publication coordination, and maintaining editorial and visual consistency across projects
• Coordinating translation requests and working with internal stakeholders and external translation resources to support English and French communications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Journalism, or a related field required
• Three (3) years of professional experience in copy editing, editorial production, publishing, communications, or a related field required
• Advanced knowledge of grammar, punctuation, The Chicago Manual of Style, editorial standards, and document quality control processes required
• Demonstrated experience working within desktop publishing and document production environments required
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, particularly Adobe InDesign and Acrobat required

Skills

• Strong editorial judgment
• Advanced organizational skills
• Proficiency with desktop publishing and document production workflows in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
• Working proficiency in both English and French strongly preferred
• Familiarity with English and French communications and translation workflows strongly preferred
• Experience reviewing and editing long-form publications, complex layouts, and publication-ready files strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of typography, formatting consistency, layout review, and document accessibility principles preferred

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• 401k Plan with Non-Elective Employer Contribution of 12% plus 2% contribution into a Market-Based Cash Balance Plan (MBCBP) after 180 days of employment
• Generous health care benefits on day one
• Days paid vacation and holidays per year plus 2 volunteer days per year
• Generous sick and bereavement leave
• Competitive parental leave
• Company-paid coverage for long term disability, life insurance, and accidental death & dismemberment
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts
• Retiree health plan and a retiree health account (retiree HRA)
• Education Assistance Program that reimburses 100% of eligible expenses
• Optional benefits include a legal plan, supplemental life insurance, college 529 plan, pet insurance, long term care insurance, and qualified transportation fringe benefits (where available)

Pay

PROJECTED ANNUAL SALARY RANGE: $69,341.00 – $105,180.00

Schedule

Partial remote work opportunities are available after six months of service. Travel: 0 - 2%.