Student Editor

Who we are:

We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.

We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.

We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri’s four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.

What you get:

Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, Short-term & Long-term disability insurance.

Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.

Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.

Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.

Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.

The basics of this position:

This person will report to the faculty adviser for newspaper and under indirect supervision, prepares, edits, formats, and writes articles for print and/or the website. Ensures all materials meet established standards of appearance and content. Position requires a) editing, proofreading, and preparing material for publication b) overseeing production schedules; c) serving as liaison between the publication and authors, printers, and/or publishers/administration; and d) leading/guiding volunteer student staff performing related work.

What you'll do:

• • Edits, proofreads, and produces copies
  • Oversees production schedules to ensure completion by set deadlines.
  • Serves as a liaison between the newspaper and writers/staff/administration.
  • May maintain databases and files including those used to track publishing schedule.
  • May coordinate department activities such as production of documents, scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and maintaining files.
  • May lead, guide, and train staff/student employees, interns, and/or volunteers performing related work; may participate in the recruitment of volunteers, as appropriate to the area of operation.
  • Weekly meetings with adviser.
  • Proper use of proofreader’s marks.
  • Proofread articles for spelling, grammar, and punctuation, and work with students to achieve the best from them.
  • Work with staff and students to generate content and topic ideas. Generate a report on student/editor activities.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education, experience, and other requirements:

• One (1) year of writing/editing experience on a student or professional publication, or at least two college-level English courses completed.
• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

N/A