Position Title:Editorial Production Specialist

City: Tysons (McLean)

State: VA

Country:US

Type: 4 (Exempt, Bargaining Unit 1 (EB)

# of Openings: 1

Category:Communications/Media/Public Relations - Editorial Production Specialist

Company Name: Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l., Tysons (McLean), Virginia, United States

Description:
Editorial Production Specialist
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), the largest airline pilot union in the world and the largest non-governmental aviation safety organization in the world (representing over 80,000 pilots at 42 U.S. and Canadian airlines) 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. This role ensures accuracy, consistency, readability, adherence to ALPA brand standards and The Chicago Manual of Style, and 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.
Working collaboratively with production coordinators, designers, writers, translators, and subject matter experts, the Editorial Production Specialist supports the successful development, layout, revision, and delivery of high-quality communications products. Responsibilities include substantive editing, document formatting, layout review, long-form publication coordination, and maintaining editorial and visual consistency across projects. The position also coordinates translation requests and works with internal stakeholders and external translation resources to support English and French communications, ensuring consistency with ALPA terminology, messaging, and editorial standards.
Success in this position requires consistent attention to detail, strong editorial judgment, advanced organizational skills, and proficiency with desktop publishing and document production workflows in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
Interested applicants are requested to submit online portfolio link(s) showing previous work.
Travel: 0 - 2%.
ALPA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in a safe workplace. We prohibit discrimination, harassment and harmful behavior of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, caste, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined in federal or provincial laws. We highly value everyone and all are encouraged to apply, including minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities.

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