assistant editor
Editorial staff subordinate
An assistant editor works under a senior editor, helping to review, organize, and refine written or visual material.
In publishing, assistant editors may handle correspondence with authors, fact-check, or manage scheduling.
In film and video, an assistant editor organizes footage, syncs audio, and prepares material for the editor's assembly: She started as an assistant editor before cutting her own features.
- newspapersPrinted daily publications
- entry levelFor those starting out
- junior staffLow-ranking employees
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- television productionCreating broadcast programs
fact-checking · film production · magazines · books · headline writing · post-production · academic journals · websites · podcasts · cutting room · blogs · communication skills · formatting · galleys · research skills · story ideas · scheduling · rough cut
- editorscopyeditor, subeditor, redactor, copy desk
- film crewcinematographer, director, gaffer, grip, producer
- news jobsjournalist, reporter, correspondent, news anchor, columnist
- Post-productioncolor grading, color correction, sound mixing, sound design, colorist
- comics jobswriter, artist, penciler, penciller, inker
- editorialmasthead, opinion pages, endorsements, submissions
assistant editoreditor-in-chief
Publication's top authority
chief editor · executive editor · managing editor · editorial director · senior editor
assistant editorauthor
Creator of written works
writer · contributor · columnist · correspondent · journalist
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