1. Magazine Editor
By: Eunice Kim

2. Description (tasks+ responsibilities)
Business/ Professional, or for the General Public
General Public:
US Weekly
Cosmopolitan
Seventeen
Vogue
Teen Vogue
Articles written by staff writers/ freelancers
Magazine Editor: someone who shapes the content of an article
- Come up with ideas - Revise other people’s work
Editor in Chief: overall edits the whole magazine
Pictures
Captions
Headings
Text
A magazine's success depends largely on the work of its editors.

3. Tasks+ Responsibilities
Providing information on subjects of current reader interests
Good writing skills – spelling, sentence writing, paragraph writing, organization
Reading about what’s in the news
Doing a lot of research and fact-finding
Interviewing – asking a lot of questions on the phone and in person
Computer skills for typing and research

4. Responsibility Visual and graphic styles Artwork Illustrations Photos
Article length
Fit the magazine STYLE
Interviewing: communication skills
Models
Celebrities
Designers
(Whatever your magazine company includes)

5. Salary
The editor's job level, experience, the type and location of the magazine all affect wages
Median—$43,620 per year
Managing/ Executive Editors- 57, ,000
101,000= Yahoo editor

6. Education College degree in English/ Journalism
Background in liberal arts
Keeping up with current events
Advanced computer skills
Good sense of language and grammar
Studying specifically in a particular field: engineering (Engineering Magazine) fashion (Fashion Mag.)

7. Advancement in Career Start: copy editor or an editorial assistant
Copy editor: reviews articles
Corrects
tweaks the article to fit the magazine's style
Editorial assistant:
answer letters
do research
read screen manuscripts that arrive at the magazine
Not mandatory: bachelor’s in journalism

8. Rankings
Editor in Chief Managing Editor Senior Editor Deputy Managing Editor Associate Editor Copy Chief Assistant Managing Editor Assistant Editor Copy Editor Editorial Assistant

9. Benefits of a Fashion Editor
Paid vacations
Medical coverage
Various retirement plans
HOWEVER, vary with each magazine

10. Opportunities Covering fashion shows - New York Fashion Week
Involved w’ Photo Shoots
Gain insight

11. In Conclusion
Interested-because I like writing, journalism and fashion topics
Achieve: English/ Creative writing classes in high school and college
Communication: take after school classes or electives helping in speech/ presentation
School: for school paper, yearbooks…
Intern: at local magazine centers, local paper
This gives connections for pursuing this career