Job Description
Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
NoneClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
SecretPublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
Program Delivery and ExecutionJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Content Management, Journalism, Social MediaCertifications:
NoneExperience:
5 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob Description:
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Assignment Editor to support an internet-based communication and outreach program. The ideal candidate will provide editorial process management, synchronize content production across regional contributors, and ensure all deliverables adhere to established standards and content plans. This role plays a critical part in shaping high-quality digital outputs, monitoring site performance, and informing program effectiveness through periodic reporting. Candidates with strong editorial, news production, or international affairs backgrounds will receive additional training on domain-specific processes and online influence frameworks as needed.
HOW A SENIOR ASSIGNMENT EDITOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Editorial Management & Content Oversight
- Oversees editorial workflows for multiple online platforms, ensuring adherence to content plans, editorial policies, and style standards.
- Synchronizes efforts of regional content providers and editors, ensuring high-quality production and timely delivery of all assigned tasks.
- Reviews content for accuracy, clarity, relevance, and consistency with program objectives and audience needs.
Performance Monitoring & Assessment
- Monitors site activity, performance, and content effectiveness, identifying trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement.
- Provides input for periodic customer reports by summarizing editorial outputs, site metrics, and key observations.
- Supports program assessment efforts by contributing qualitative and quantitative insights drawn from platform performance.
Campaign Support & Platform Coordination
- Supports site marketing, outreach, and audience engagement campaigns through targeted editorial planning and content alignment.
- Coordinates messaging priorities across contributors to ensure synchronized narratives and cohesive editorial direction.
- Recommends adjustments to content production plans based on audience behavior, platform analytics, and evolving program requirements.
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
- Works closely with internal teams, regional content creators, and leadership to ensure editorial activities support mission objectives.
- Clarifies assumptions, refines content plans, and contributes to improved effectiveness of internet-based programming.
- Presents editorial findings and platform trends in clear, actionable formats for both internal and customer audiences.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Political Science, International Affairs, Strategic Studies, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred. Relevant education and experience may be accepted in lieu of formal degree requirements.
- Experience: 5–7+ years of relevant experience in news editing, editorial production, public diplomacy, international affairs, or related work; additional experience may be substituted for education.
- Regional Expertise: Familiarity with cultures and political/social dynamics of the coverage region is required.
- Languages: English fluency required. Fluency in at least one major regional language is preferred.
- Security Clearance: Active DoW Secret clearance preferred; highly qualified candidates eligible to obtain a clearance may also be considered.
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Skills & Abilities:
- Strong editorial judgment and content quality assurance skills
- Experience managing digital content workflows across distributed teams
- Ability to interpret platform analytics and incorporate findings into editorial planning
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to coordinate multiple contributors and enforce editorial standards
- Location: Remote
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.
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The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $109,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Travel Required:
Less than 10%Telecommuting Options:
RemoteWork Location:
Any Location / RemoteAdditional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
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