America's Test Kitchen is seeking a Copy Editor to join our team, based at our Test Kitchen headquarters in Boston’s Seaport District. This is a great opportunity to work with all aspects of the company, including the editorial, digital, social media, and marketing teams.

The ideal candidate has a passion for language, grammar, and copy style as well as cooking — leveraging these skills to help solidify our place as a dominant voice in the social media space.

Your Day-to-Day

Copyedit Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazines (12 issues per year) at two key junctures in the editorial process
Review/approve proofreader marks for Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country
Copyedit up to 12 special-interest magazines per year
Copyedit and fact-check product and equipment reviews
Copyedit marketing materials
Copyedit daily web articles
Maintain the ATK style guide and write quarterly style newsletter

What You Bring To Our Team

Excellent copyediting and proofreading skills
Excellent writing skills
Fact-checking skills
Basic understanding of K4/InCopy software or other similar desktop publishing program
Familiarity with Google Suite and Microsoft Word
Knowledge of food and home cooking
Working knowledge of the Chicago Manual of Style
Experience in editing recipes
Attention to detail
Ability to meet key deadlines, including flexibility during peak workload periods
Ability to work efficiently independently and as part of a team

Education And Experience You Should Have

BA/BS (or equivalent) in Journalism, Communications, English, or related field
Three to four years of magazine or newspaper copy editing experience, along with some project management
A culinary degree or professional cooking experience, while not a requirement, is a plus.

This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.

About America’s Test Kitchen

The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK All-Access subscription for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Why America’s Test Kitchen

We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.

We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.

We welcome your application.

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