Editorial Copy Associate, The New Yorker
Condé Nast
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 2 years
- Must know
- AgileSEOStakeholder management
- Work
- On-site in New York
- Pay
- $67.5K–$72.5K a year
- Skill demand
- Stakeholder management27%SEO12%Agile2%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 31, 2026 · still open
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About The New Yorker
The New Yorker is a multi-platform media enterprise spanning print, digital, audio, video, and live events. Founded in 1925, it is renowned for its in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons. In addition to the weekly print magazine, it has become a daily digital destination for news and cultural coverage. The New Yorker is committed to truth and accuracy, quality prose, and engaging readers.
About the Role
The Editorial Copy Associate is an agile reader with a talent for proofreading, line editing, and querying, possessing strong editorial instincts and news judgment. This is a Guild position.
Key Responsibilities
- Copy-edit and proofread articles, pages, and related materials for The New Yorker, suggesting editorial improvements to grammar, style, usage, logic, sense, tone, placement, and concision.
- Spot typos and bad breaks on final passes.
- Proofread and clean digitized stories from magazine archives, ensuring no infelicities have been introduced in the conversion process.
- Suggest engaging headlines and other display copy, following SEO guidelines and editorial best practices.
- Coördinate with multiple stakeholders to prepare and schedule pieces for publication in The New Yorker’s content-management system.
- Additional duties as required or assigned.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Some experience as a copy editor, producer, or proofreader.
- Strong editorial instincts, writing skills, and news judgment.
- An eye for detail and an ear for voice.
- Good communication skills.
- Excellent time-management skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Comfort learning new editorial systems.
- Experience working with a content-management system (such as Wordpress) for publishing Web content.
- Experience working with Google Docs and InCopy.
- Familiarity with the history, style, and values of The New Yorker.
- Willingness to work some early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
The expected base salary range for this position is from $67,500-$72,500.