Editorial Production Specialist

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.

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

ALPA is a member-driven, staff supported, union with two internal professional unions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism, or a related field required; or, the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three (3) years of professional experience in copy editing, editorial production, publishing, communications, or a related field required; five (5) or more years strongly preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of grammar, punctuation, The Chicago Manual of Style, editorial standards, and document quality control processes required.
• Demonstrated experience working within desktop publishing and document production environments required.
• Editing experience in a high-volume, association, advocacy, and/or union environment strongly preferred.
• Working proficiency in both English and French strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with English and French communications and translation workflows strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, particularly Adobe InDesign and Acrobat required.
• Experience reviewing and editing long-form publications, complex layouts, and publication-ready files strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of typography, formatting consistency, layout review, and document accessibility principles preferred.
• Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects in a deadline-driven communications, publishing, advocacy, association, and/or union environment preferred.
• Proven writing and copy editing skills for a variety of technical and nontechnical documents preferred.
• Knowledge of desktop publishing techniques and software applications preferred.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively to meet all deadlines.
• Ability to interact professionally with all levels of internal and external contacts.
• Software:
  Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe InDesign;
  Adobe Creative Suite experience a definite plus.

Physical Demands:

Note:

The physical demands described herein are characteristic of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to…