Magazine Editor

Rotary magazine is hiring an editor to join our team covering all the ways this global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and leaders are finding real solutions to today’s pressing challenges. Core responsibilities include copy editing and helping ensure the overall integrity and quality of this award-winning, 115-year-old publication.

Job Title:

Editor

Area:
Magazines

Reports to:

Managing Editor

Classification:
Exempt

Location:

Evanston, IL

This position is designated as Hybrid – Fixed Days and will regularly work in the office an average of 3+ days a week – with a set schedule. Managers may require team members to work on the same schedule to encourage collaboration. Rotary is under the jurisdiction of Illinois employment laws; we require all employees to live within reasonable daily commuting distance to Evanston.

Rotary is a membership organization that unites people from all continents and cultures who take action to deliver real, long-term solutions to pressing issues facing our communities and the world. Each year, Rotary members expand their networks, build lasting relationships, and invest more than $300 million and 16 million volunteer hours to improve lives and create positive change in the world.

In exchange for hard work and dedication in support of Rotary’s clubs, members and other participants, and their humanitarian service projects, our employees receive competitive salaries, flexible schedules, comprehensive benefits, and job enrichment. To learn more, visit http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

At Rotary, we foster a welcoming environment where all employees are valued and empowered. We are dedicated to creating meaningful opportunities and supporting the growth and well‑being of our team. Join us in building a world where everyone can unite, take action, and create lasting change.

This position works with the editorial team at Rotary magazine, the official publication of Rotary International, to help oversee editing and production processes for its monthly print publication, website, and blog. Core responsibilities include copyediting, fact checking, and proofing. Additionally, the magazine’s copy chief is responsible for developing, updating, and enforcing guidelines on standards and ethics in the magazine’s reporting, editing, and design.

You will participate in editorial planning meetings, generate story ideas, assign stories, manage the work of freelancers, and curate our style guides.

As a creative collaborator and innovative problem‑solver with a superior sense of news judgment, the editor is responsible for the overall integrity and quality of our reporting, and ensuring the magazine’s print and digital content has a consistent voice and fits together in a well‑thought‑out manner.

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of editorial experience with publishing and digital news outlets in the areas of general interest or humanitarian initiatives.
• Detailed understanding of journalistic writing and editing.
• Proven skills in developing print and digital content for magazines.
• Proven organizational and leadership skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously, and to identify and develop digital stories for a news magazine with a diverse audience.
• Strong writing, editing, and project management skills.
• Understanding of issues through a global perspective, and how to work in a complex global organization.
• Fluent knowledge of current CMOS and AP style guides.

• Written and oral communication
• Public speaking
• Showing attention to detail You will be responsible for
  • Copyediting all articles and other editorial elements for Rotary magazine, the Rotary Canada quarterly supplement, and the Rotary magazine website for clarity, accuracy, consistency, grammar, and style.
  • Collaborating closely with the magazine’s fact‑checker to guard the magazine’s reputation as a publication of record for Rotary International.
  • Participating in weekly editorial planning meetings and partnering with magazine and web editors to brainstorm and research story ideas and plan issues.
  • Participati…