Mission Essential · 4 hours ago
Senior Technical Editing Support Specialist
Fort George G. Meade, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $180K/yr
12+ years expMission Essential is seeking a Sr Technical Editor to serve as the senior editor for serialized counterintelligence (CI) and counterterrorism (CT) analytic products. The role involves ensuring compliance with publication standards and managing editorial workflows to produce formal analytic products.
CommunitiesGovernmentInformation TechnologySecuritySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Review and finalize intelligence products for grammar, punctuation, clarity, logic, consistency, and adherence to classification caveats/portion markings, ensuring alignment with national/DoD/DA guidance and ACIC standards
Maintain, modify, and improve templates for ~15 product lines and sub-product lines, supporting products that range from 2 to 100+ pages
Plan and supervise editorial workflows that support production of 500+ formal analytic products annually; coordinate schedules and dissemination with authors, editors, web developers, and Government stakeholders to meet weekly/periodic output requirements
Amend tables, tone boxes, and graphics so they are consistent with the accompanying text and presentation standards; ensure proper layout and metadata for external-facing ACIC publishing
Represent Government Customer in meetings with internal and national-level intelligence agencies to resolve technical publication issues, electronic dissemination standards, and to conform with DoDIIS requirements
Collaborate with authors and SME stakeholders to refine narrative structure, scope, and purpose; research content and enforce IC style/vocabulary consistency (ICDs 206/209/501/710, as applicable to agency practice), negotiating further revisions as needed to achieve publication quality
Edit, design, and manage content for multimedia intelligence publications (internal/external), ensuring formatting and electronic dissemination meet established policies and external-facing site requirements
Qualification
Required
TS/SCI clearance (active); CI-poly eligibility
Demonstrated experience reviewing and finalizing IC/DoD intelligence products with classification and style guide compliance, and ability to formalize final products IAW established policies
Proven capability to modify templates across ~15 product lines, producing items from 2–100+ pages while meeting weekly/periodic cadences (e.g., ASR and other serialized products)
Ability to coordinate production and dissemination for high-volume outputs (e.g., ~500+ formal products/year), working across editorial and technical teams
High school diploma and 20 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience in the last two years OR
Associate degree and 16 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience in the last two years OR
Bachelor's degree and 14 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years OR
Master's degree and 12 Years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years
Preferred
12+ years editorial experience (Master's +12 or Bachelor's +14) managing complex intelligence publishing pipelines; advanced knowledge of IC/DoD editorial standards and structured analytic tradecraft
Demonstrated leadership in interagency publishing standards (DA/NGIC/DoDIIS), and in building/editing multimedia content for external dissemination
Experience implementing two-pass QA/QC processes, redline/version control, and production dashboards tracking cycle time and defect rates
Company
Mission Essential
Innovation. Performance. Commitment.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mark Quantock
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Soller
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2026-01-09
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