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Senior Editor

Arlington, VA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Editor supporting National Guard Bureau executive leadership by ensuring accuracy, consistency, and professionalism of executive correspondence, reports, briefing materials, and governance documentation.

Role type

Senior Editor (Executive Communications)

Builds

Executive correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefing materials, leadership communications, congressional responses, policy documents, and strategic communications products.

Domain

Defense / Government / National Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Substantive editing, technical editing, copy editing, proofreading, fact-checking, source verification, quality control, executive-level correspondence editing, official government document editing, grammar and style command, attention to detail, deadline management

Preferred skills

Military correspondence format familiarity, executive staffing process experience, congressional correspondence support, senior leader communications support

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Review and refine executive correspondence, memoranda, reports, and briefing materials; Ensure compliance with DoD and National Guard Bureau standards; Coordinate with action officers, analysts, and senior leaders; Conduct fact-checking and source verification; Support development of executive read-ahead packages and governance meeting materials; Maintain consistency in organizational messaging and formatting; Assist in developing writing standards and templates.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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