Here's a question: What do you think this would pay?

It's a megacorporation, but it's still a J job and, of course, there's no guarantee that a megacorp will pay megabucks.

(via JJ.com)

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Company: America Online
Position:
Editor, Editorial Operations/Welcome Screen
& AOL.com
Location:
Dulles, Virginia
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
August 30, 2006
Job ID: 663657

Description:
Editor, Editorial Operations/Welcome Screen & AOL.com
Job Code: 49658

Primary Role: Work as a copy editor for America Online, ensuring editorial quality, consistency and excellence throughout the service. Review all versions of the Welcome Screen and AOL.com from scripts to live screens, as well as channel main screens, special programming packages and other editorial areas of the service. Do QA for publishing and technical errors visible to members. Enforce the AOL Style Guide and suggest modifications and additions. Must be available to work some early mornings, late evenings and weekends as required.

Key Functions: -Prepublication and live QA of high-level screens, feature packages & other content areas throughout the service

-Establish and enforce editorial guidelines

-Serve as an expert on editorial guidelines

Skills Required: -Excellent copy editing skills, including headline writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and fact checking

-Experience with tight publishing deadlines

-Ability to react nimbly to real world events

-Highly organized and detail oriented

-Ability to quickly encapsulate broad information into concise promotional copy

-Strong interpersonal skills in order to develop and maintain relationships with content programmers, photo editors and publishing staff

-Excellent team player

-Strong sense of current events and popular culture

Skills Desired:

-Online editing and/or publishing experience

-Online, TV or Broadcast programming experience

-Traditional newspaper editing experience

-Experience with Excel and other products in the Microsoft Office suite

Years of Experience: Candidate should have at least 5 years of experience as a copy editor. (Journalism background is desired.)

Unique Requirements: Some early morning, late evening and weekend hours are required.

AOL is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other classification prescribed by applicable law.

E-mail: Jenniferramos11@aol.com

 

Well, it won't pay as much as it would have before AOL started losing subscribers by the millions, I can tell you that ...

 

... But still better than the Podunk Press by a damn sight.

 

Maybe. I'm assuming Podunk's cost of living is a bit milder than NoVa's, however.