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Senior Writer and Copy Editor
  • Job Number: 25101
  • Functional Area: Communications
  • Department: Communications, Events, Donor Relations, & Stewardship
  • School Area: VP for Resource Development
  • Pay Range Minimum: $67,200
  • Pay Range Maximum: $91,100
  • Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:
  • Pay Grade: 7


Posting Description

SENIOR WRITER AND COPY EDITOR, Communications, Events, Donor Relations, and Stewardship, reporting to the Senior Director of Communications in the Office of Resource Development (RD), will be a creative communications professional who contributes to and implements content strategies across digital, print, and multimedia channels in support of MIT fundraising priorities, RD events marketing, publications, and stewardship reporting; conceptualizes and produces original content; conducts research; interviews subjects and edits and repurposes content from a variety of sources to build the MIT story of philanthropy and enable fundraisers to maximize donor support; and copy edits a wide range and high volume of communications, ensuring text is clear, consistent, grammatically correct, and accessible.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in journalism, communications, or a related discipline; a minimum of three years of professional writing and copy-editing experience; exceptional writing skills, a proven ability to write in and edit for another person’s voice; project management abilities, including developing and maintaining schedules and coordinating reviews; and excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. PREFERRED: Experience developing promotional copy for print and digital media; analytic and research skills to gather and determine utility of information from a variety of sources; experience working with a large volume of concurrent projects; understanding of higher education, fundraising, and science and technology; experience with Adobe Creative Suite, web content management systems, and project management software in a Mac environment. Job #25101-7

Resource Development offers a variety of flexible work arrangements for staff. This team works in a hybrid structure, with a combination of on-campus and remote work.

7/29/2025