Assistant Editor Job Announcement

Seeking Assistant Editor

• See also one-year-Community Editor position open fall 2025; KDT is open to idea of combining positions or some responsibilities for the first year.  

As of September 2025, KneeDeep has a position open for a part-time contributing/assistant editor, who will be a linchpin in our team. This editor will directly assist the managing editor with all types of editorial tasks and also help oversee our community & social media editor in her administrative duties.

All applicants MUST be local to the San Francisco Bay Area and willing to travel around the region on the job.

Tasks

• Attend events and meetings of various groups engaged in climate resilience work in the region (in person and remote).

• Share management of pitches, reporters, story development, editing, graphics sourcing, proofreading, copyediting, and wordpress layout with managing editor. 

• Write one short 400-600 word story per month on a local event, action or policy change.

• Manage Constant Contact newsletter outreach and maintain mailing list.

• Oversee expansion of KneeDeep’s social media reach. In particular, focus on Linked In as a KneeDeep influencer. 

• Implement audience expansion projects in our existing marketing plan.

• Track and update our analytic and search engine tools, as needed.

• Grantwriting support.

Commitment

• Estimated Hours Per Month: 25-30

• $18,000 ~$25,000 annual depending on skills

• Freelance professional contract, no benefits

• Additional income can be earned writing occasional full length feature stories on a freelance basis.

Qualifications

• Journalism degree preferred

• Editorial experience (2+ years)

• Knowledge of environmental equity and climate resilience issues a plus.

• Demonstrated tracking & organizing skills

• Local to SF Bay Area

Application Deadline: July 25, 2025

Resume, writing samples & references to editor@kneedeeptimes.org