Position Summary: The Editorial Assistant provides administrative and editorial support for
the communication team and coordination with other departments, as needed, with a focus on AFA publications and brochures.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Maintaining and coordinating mailing and subscription lists, digital files, art assets and documents.
- Securing estimates from outside vendors, processing purchase orders and invoices, working with the Finance Department.
- Securing ads, images and logos and filing them appropriately.
- Sourcing images; collaborating with graphic designer.
- Proofreading and copy editing for clarity, form and style.
- Coordinating the ordering and/or distribution of brochures for departments.
- Conducting research to support editorial, including fact-checking, if needed.
Qualifications:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, Communications or equivalent combination of experience and
- MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook); experience with graphic arts, g., Canva, Adobe Creative Suite (i.e., photoshop, Indesign, illustrator) a plus.
- Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong attention to detail and
- Proficiency in grammar and style
- Ability to build relationships internally and externally and manage
- Administrative experience in a publishing environment a plus