Editorial Assistant Job at University of North Texas System, Denton, TX

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  • University of North Texas System
  • Denton, TX

Job Description

Title: Editorial Assistant


Employee Classification: Non-student hourly - Editorial Assistant


Campus: University of North Texas


Division: UNT-Univ Brand Strategy & Comm


SubDivision-Department: UNT-Univ Brand Strategy & Comm


Department: UNT-Univ Brand Strategy & Comm-Gen-180000


Job Location: Denton


Salary: $18.00 per hour


FTE: 0.48


Retirement Eligibility: Not Retirement Eligible


About Us - Values Overview:


Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.

We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence, curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an inclusive environment of respect, belonging, and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities. We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning, creating, discovering, and innovating, and are encouraged to learn from failure. Show Your Fire by joining our team and exhibiting your passion and pride in your work as part of our UNT System team.

Learn more about the UNT System and how we live our values at .


Department Summary


UBSC is the chief communications organization for the University of North Texas and is charged with growing and protecting the university's brand. This means the division operates on a university wide level to support institutional goals and initiatives - from reaching enrollment goals to promoting research successes and all manner of objectives in between.

The UBSC team does this by working across internal and external departments to help meet and support the communications and marketing needs of all university divisions.


UBSC works to:

  • Advance and protect UNT's institutional identity and reputation
  • Increase UNT's visibility in public and in the higher education marketplace
  • Support UNT's student recruitment, retention and graduation goals
  • Strengthen UNT's relevance and value to key audiences, including alumni, donors, faculty and staff

This also means UBSC serves as a full agency shop to the university, including specialized areas for:

  • Strategic Communications including Publications, Media Relations, Reputation Management, Internal Communications, Social Media, University Initiatives and Executive Comms.
  • Brand Marketing/Advertising
  • Recruitment Marketing
  • Creative Services including Photography, Video and Graphic Design
  • Web Strategy and Development

Position Overview


The UBSC Publications Editorial Assistant will serve as the team lead/editor of the Eagles' Nest section of the North Texan magazine, the university's magazine that distributes to 220,000 alumni and university friends in the fall and spring. The individual selected would work with UBSC editors to learn the editing workflow, budget content for the magazine (digital and print), and flow and edit copy in Adobe InCopy.

The individual would be responsible for:

  • Serving as a section editor and team lead to plan and coordinate the Eagles' Nest section of the North Texan, which would include
    collaborating with other publications editors to create strategic content that aligns and embeds messaging in content to help build the university's image and reputation.
  • Researching, conceiving, writing and formatting copy for university publications, taking pains to ensure consistency in style, tone, quality and accuracy.
  • Following all UBSC editorial processes.
  • Coordinating with creative and web designers, photographers and videographers and other UBSC team members in the creation of written/visual/video/graphic content to best promote UNT.
  • Editing and proofing content for official university channels to ensure that all copy is relevant, accurate and follows university policy and legal guidelines.
  • Writing, editing and compiling the Class Notes and Friends' We'll Miss (obituaries).
  • Writing magazine features, pullouts and other content for the rest of the magazine, as assigned.
  • Collaborating with Managing Editor to assign the various pullouts and mini alum profiles that are incorporated in the section
  • Managing the InCopy process for the section to flow in the live copy into the section and to review and make edits from other editors until the section receives sign off.
  • Coordinating and managing the online copy for the section, which would include posting the content to the site as it is completed (or coordinating with whoever is assigned to post content).
  • Serving as a first editor on magazine copy, as assigned.
  • Writing social media content for @NorthTexan to tease the content in Eagles' Nest, as needed and assigned.

Minimum Qualifications


Must have a Bachelor's degree.
Must have 1-2 years experience working with publications, writing, editing, formatting copy writing.


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Knowledge on how to use InCopy, Adobe Creative Cloud and AP Stylebook.
  • Ability to research, conceive and write formatting copy for university publications.

Preferred Qualifications


None


Required License/Registration/Certifications


None


Job Duties:


None


Work Schedule:


Monday - Friday, Up to 19 hours per week, flexible.


Driving University Vehicle:


Yes


Security Sensitive:


This is a Security Sensitive Position.


Special Instructions:


Please upload a resume, cover letter and writing sample.


Benefits:


For information regarding our Benefits, click here .


EEO Statement:


The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permitand takes actions to preventdiscrimination, harassment (including sexual violence) and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, facilities and employment practices. The University of North Texas System immediately investigates complaints of discrimination and takes remedial action when appropriate. The University of North Texas System also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist or participate in an investigative proceeding or hearing.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Immediate start, Flexible hours, Monday to Friday,

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