Assistant Editor/ Specialized Staff

Position Title: Assistant Editor/ Specialized Staff

Department: Student Media

Advertised Pay: 11.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

Assistant-level editors assist associate editors or editors/managers in chiefs. Specialized staff members include copy editors, video editors, audio editors, photo editors, web developers or multimedia editors. Students must demonstrate profiency in these areas in order to be considered for the position.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
Copy editors must be available for 8-10 hours per week, two of which are training hours; they must also adhere to the Associated Style Pressbook, work closely with writers and editors to improve the overall clarity and readability of all copy for the print and online versions of the Washburn Review, the Kaw Yearbook and the Bod Magazine. They need to be assertive and innovative in finding ways for the organization to improve its content. It's essential for copy editors to be problem solvers.

Web Techs must be committed to keeping up with the updates/changes to the website provider and teaching members of the staff how to post content correctly. They will be responsible for making sure website projects are completed in a timely manner.

Video editors may also be called on to to shoot b-roll or other necessary video assignments and assist with script writing.

Audio editors will edit the podcast projects turned in from the classroom and/or members of the staff.

Required Qualifications:

Effective communication skills, ability to critically evaluate information, and ability to respond to emails and phone calls in a timely manner.
Demonstrated profiency in the area of interest

Physical Requirements:
Must be a current Washburn University or Washburn Tech student with a flexible schedule to allow the student to commit to working a minimum of 10 hours each week.

Special Instructions to Applicants: 

Hourly 
Background Check Not Required