Editorial Operations Associate
Sun-Times Media, LLC
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Chicago Public Media</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chicago Public Media is one of the nation’s largest local nonprofit news organizations. Home to WBEZ 91.5FM, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Vocalo. Chicago Public Media reaches more than 3.3 million people weekly across broadcast, print, and digital platforms. As a mission-driven organization, we aspire to be the most trusted news source Chicagoans turn to for understanding the people, events, and ideas shaping our community.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chicago Public Media is a 100% community-funded newsroom powered by nearly 97,000 members whose support makes our journalism possible. This sustained community investment helped drive nationally recognized work in 2025, including 29 awards from esteemed organizations, including the Public Media Journalists Association, the Edward R. Murrow Awards, and the National Association of Black Journalists.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We believe independent journalism is essential to a healthy democracy and that access to objective, fact-based news is a right for every citizen. We serve the public interest by creating diverse content that informs and enriches our community, supported by a dedicated staff of approximately 250 professionals.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For more information, please see the Chicago Public Media<a href="https://www.wbez.org/annual-report-2024"> Annual Report</a>.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Editorial Operations Associate supports the Chicago Public Media newsroom staff in the administrative aspects of their work, including budgets and expenses, contracts, tools, subscriptions and more. Working closely with the Editorial Operations Manager, the associate acts as a liaison between the newsroom and non-content teams such as finance and legal, as well as external vendors or contributors. They also support internal initiatives related to staff development and workplace culture.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a full-time, exempt position. The person in this role is expected to work 40 hours a week, including at least two days from our Navy Pier office.</span></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DUTIES &amp; RESPONSIBILITIES</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Support editorial operations manager in their role as budget administrator for newsroom budgets, contributing to regular budget reviews and forecasting, team expense tracking and more</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Process newsroom payment requests</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Assist with generating and processing contracts for newsroom freelancers and contracts</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Assist with onboarding or offboarding of other newsroom staff</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with newsroom leade