Legenda, the Wellesley College Yearbook: Copy Editor

Legenda Job Position

Working under the Publication Manager, the Copy Editor is responsible for all text published in the book. Responsible for a team of copy writers, the Copy Editor makes sure all copy is completed on time and is accurate. The Copy Editor is the go-to person for any and all text to be published in the book, and works with the Photography Editor to make sure her work is transferred to the Design Editor on time and in an organized fashion.

Meet with Editor-In-Chief and Publication Manager to determine story content needs for book and any sidebar stories or interviews. Delegate writing assignments to team and ensure timely completion. Coordinate any surveys or interviews that must be done. Delegate caption-writing duties for the photos chosen for publication, as well as headline-writing duties for all layouts. Encourage staff to submit interesting, factually-based, well-written articles, and edit as necessary, providing literary and grammatical guidance. Serve as contact person for Layout Editor; give them all text that needs to go on layouts. Make any textual corrections on proofs. Attests to the accuracy of all writers’ work.
Attends all writers’ meetings, overseeing and enforcing all writers’ deadlines as well as day-to-day operations of writing staff.