Editors

$73.08K Median Salary 11.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5.1% Job Growth

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About This Career

Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.

Reported Job Titles

Acquisitions Editor, Business Editor, Editor, Features Editor, Legal Editor, News Editor, Newspaper Copy Editor, Science Editor, Sports Editor, Web Editor

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Fluency of Ideas

Near Vision

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Category Flexibility

Deductive Reasoning

Originality

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Problem Sensitivity

Flexibility of Closure

Selective Attention

Knowledge

English Language

Communications and Media

Administration and Management

Administrative

Education and Training

Customer and Personal Service

Computers and Electronics

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Writing

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Speaking

Time Management

Quality Control Analysis

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Judgment and Decision Making

Social Perceptiveness

Systems Analysis

Coordination

Instructing

Management of Personnel Resources

Monitoring

Negotiation

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Web page creation and editing software

Desktop publishing software

Video creation and editing software

Web platform development software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Computer based training software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Presentation software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Document management software

Video conferencing software

Enterprise application integration software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Instant messaging software

Internet browser software

Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software

Data mining software

Project management software

Process mapping and design software

Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Videoconferencing systems

Teleconference equipment

Notebook computers

Digital cameras

Flash memory storage card

Video editors

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Special purpose telephones

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Rulers

Abilities

Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Video conferencing software: Teleconferencing software
Enterprise application integration software: Electronic Data Interchange EDI systems
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Instant messaging software: GroupMe
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software: Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software
Data mining software: Google Analytics
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Process mapping and design software: Microsoft Visio
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis

Tools

Videoconferencing systems: Videoconferencing equipment
Teleconference equipment: Teleconferencing equipment
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Digital cameras:
Flash memory storage card: Universal serial bus USB flash drives
Video editors: Video editing equipment
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Rulers: Precision rulers; Steel rules

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