Newsletter Editor – Part Time

WQED

Newsletter Editor producing weekly email newsletter for WQED Multimedia. Curating and writing engaging content about PBS programming and local events while maintaining a friendly and informative tone.

Posted 7/27/2026part-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $27 - $32 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills while producing engaging newsletters and digital content. Capable of analyzing newsletter performance data to enhance audience engagement and maintain a consistent voice aligned with public service.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Excellent Writing SkillsNewsletter Production ExperienceEditorial JudgmentBasic Newsletter Analytics ReviewCollaboration Across Departments

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Hard Skills

EditingProofreadingDigital Content WritingNewsletter WritingProgram Description Writing

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailIndependent WorkCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Digital Publishing Tools

Industry Keywords

Public MediaLocal StorytellingArts and CultureCommunity ServicePittsburgh

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Write and produce WQED’s weekly email newsletter, including subject lines, preheaders, headlines, blurbs, calls to action, and basic formatting.
Curate highlights from PBS, WQED local programming, Classical WQED, WQED+, PBS KIDS, events, education initiatives, and community resources.
Translate program descriptions, schedules, streaming availability, and internal notes into clear, audience-friendly copy.
Help viewers and listeners understand what is new, what is timely, what is local, and what is worth their attention.
Collaborate with Marketing, Programming, Digital, Development, Education, and Classical WQED colleagues to gather accurate information and identify priorities.
Maintain a consistent WQED voice: warm, neighborly, useful, Pittsburgh-focused, and grounded in public service.
Assemble and proof occasional special-purpose emails and announcements tied to major programs, station events, fundraising campaigns, or community initiatives.
Review newsletter performance, including open rates, click-throughs, and audience behavior, and use those insights to improve future editions.
Proofread carefully for accuracy, grammar, links, dates, times, channel information, streaming language, and tone.
Help develop repeatable newsletter formats, editorial calendars, and workflows that make the newsletter easier to produce and more valuable to readers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
Strong editorial judgment and the ability to make choices about what is most useful or interesting to the audience.
Experience writing newsletters, digital content, program descriptions, arts/culture coverage, marketing copy, journalism, or public media communications.
Ability to write short, compelling copy that helps people decide what to watch, stream, hear, attend, or share.
Comfort working with schedules, program information, links, images, and digital publishing tools.
Experience reviewing basic newsletter analytics and using performance data to improve content.
Strong attention to detail, especially with dates, times, titles, names, and calls to action.
Ability to work independently while collaborating with colleagues across departments.
Interest in PBS, public media, local storytelling, arts and culture, classical music, education, and community service.
Familiarity with Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

No benefits or paid time off beyond what may be required by the Allegheny County Paid Sick Leave Ordinance and the City of Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act