User Experience Editor (TEMPORARY)

Brigham Young University • Provo, UT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides valuable feedback from a student user viewpoint for university, Independent Study, and high school courses. Editors in this position help edit and review courses, and they essentially complete these courses as if they were students. This person will be responsible for reviewing newer student editors’ work and ensuring it is error free and ready to publish. This is a temporary part-time position until August 31, 2026. Note: This is a part-time position for 17.5 hours per week.

Requirements

• A firm commitment to the mission of BYU.
• Bachelor’s degree in English, editing and publishing, or linguistics
• Ability to balance efficiency and accuracy in editing full courses
• Extensive writing and editing skills
• Ability to identify gaps in and ways to improve the flow and cadence of instructional content
• Ability to diplomatically suggest editorial changes to designers
• Extensive knowledge of Chicago Manual of Style and other major style guides (APA, MLA, etc.)
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships
• Outstanding communication skills, particularly in explaining and training editorial style guidelines to newer student editors
• Ability to work in an iterative and incremental development environment
• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Word, Canvas, Adobe Acrobat, and other learning management systems

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in editing
• Prior experience on a university-level publication team, e.g., Stowaway, Schwa, or Marriott Student Review

Responsibilities

• Works with the CE Editing Team to help train and mentor new student team members.
• Helps new students by reviewing and double-checking every page they edit to ensure accuracy and integrity.
• Reviews all online high school courses in a student user experience capacity.
• Reviews university and independent study courses for accuracy prior to publishing.
• Assists designers in keeping the perpetual queue of courses requiring editing on track and helping meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Employee assistance program, available to the employee and all members of their household
• Access to the library
• Free on-campus parking
• Free UTA pass
• Discounts at the BYU Store and for many events at BYU

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level