Multiplatform Editor, Features Copy Desk

New Posted 18 March 2021 | El Segundo, California | Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times has an opening for a full-time multiplatform copy editor on our Features copy desk. The desk handles our features and entertainment digital coverage and print sections: Daily and Sunday Calendar, The Envelope, Saturday, Food and Image. This position could include weekend and evening shifts.

If you join us, you will:

Edit articles, live blogs, videos, photo captions and galleries, text for graphics and databases, and other content for grammar, syntax and Times style, as well as for formatting, search engine optimization, taste and legality
Serve as a quality-control specialist, ensuring that all content complies with Times standards
Write engaging headlines and photo captions that are optimized for search and can perform well on social media
Provide “one-touch” editing, working with a level of accuracy that allows immediate posting on the website
Operate in a fast-paced environment with continuous digital publishing demands and daily print deadlines
Expedite the movement of material between the website and print by collaborating with copy editors, assigning editors, reporters, website producers, page designers, graphics editors and photo/visual journalists
Help accelerate the digital transformation of our newsroom


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