Page Designer/Copy Editor

The Bakersfield Californian seeks a page designer / copy editor to join its award-winning team. The position is part of a universal desk, which handles the daily The Bakersfield Californian, weekly Tehachapi News and other publications, including lifestyle magazine Bakersfield Life. Responsibilities will include opportunities to design news, feature and sports pages, including A1. We also seek an editor adept at wire editing.

You'll edit stories, send copy and photos to the web in our digital-first newsroom and design pages for the print editions. This person can be expected to handle any duty given to a journalist, including reporting and writing stories as needed for the daily newspaper and any of The Californian's specialty publications. The person can be called upon to assist with editing our specialty publications and daily Opinion section.

Qualifications include:

• Experience in pagination software, especially use of Adobe InDesign and InCopy

• Advanced knowledge of AP style, grammar and copy editing on deadline

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, English or comparable work experience preferred

• Experience on a daily newspaper copy desk, or as a reporter or editor at a daily newspaper.

Please send your resume, cover letter and five work samples to cpeterson@bakersfield.com.

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