Job Description
Job description Position Title:Editorial Production Specialist City: Tysons (McLean) State: VA Country:US Type: 4 (Exempt, Bargaining Unit 1 (EB) # of Openings: 1 Category:Communications/Media/Public Relations - Editorial Production Specialist Company Name: Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l., Tysons (McLean), Virginia, United States Description: 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 r
