Editor Jobs in Utah
Editor jobs in Utah are in steady demand, with openings concentrated in digital media, educational publishing, marketing communications, and technology content across a range of seniority levels from copy editor to senior managing editor. Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden account for the bulk of hiring, where established employers like Deseret News, Ancestry, and Adobe maintain editorial teams with consistent headcount. Content strategy, technical editing, and academic publishing are among the most actively recruited specialties in the state. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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SWCA’s technical documents range from simple memoranda to multichapter, multivolume environmental impact reports and environmental impact statements. The candidate will be responsible for editing and formatting our scientific technical documents and marketing proposals.
This requisition can hire at two levels:
- Associate Project Technical Editor – Typically with a minimum of 3 years of relevant technical experience and expertise.
- Project Technical Editor – Typically with a minimum of 4 years of relevant technical experience and expertise.
This is a regular, full-time, benefits-eligible, hourly/non-exempt position. The position is eligible for hybrid or distributed (i.e., remote) work and reports to our Salt Lake City, Utah, office. This position has occasional evening, weekend, and overtime work when deadlines demand.
Application Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be scheduled as qualified candidates are identified. This position may close without prior notice once a strong candidate pool is established.
We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.
- Leads and coordinates project efforts to align with client and SWCA objectives from conception through delivery. This includes setting clear project goals, timelines, and standards; coordinating efforts, schedules, and budgets between technical staff, project managers, and other stakeholders; and ensuring a cohesive approach to project execution and objectives.
- Edits technical documents for clarity, coherence, consistency, and compliance with SWCA and client standards, applying in-depth knowledge of technical subject matter.
- Collaborates effectively with project teams, including technical experts, project managers, and other Quality professionals, to ensure the integration of content, design, and technical accuracy in all project deliverables. Acts as a liaison to bridge gaps between different functions, ensuring a unified approach to project execution and delivery.
- Develops and implements project-specific style guides and editing protocols, standardizing approaches to ensure consistency across documents.
- Mentors and guides junior staff, fostering a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and professional growth within the team. Provides feedback, shares knowledge, and offers support to enhance skills and capabilities.
- Innovates editing processes and tools, leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and document quality.
- Manages multiple editing assignments simultaneously, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines and budget constraints.
- Provides feedback and guidance on complex technical documents, ensuring accuracy and adherence to project goals.
- Follows applicable federal, Tribal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, and specifications.
- Performs related work as assigned.
- Formats and finalizes reports of varying size and complexity, including text, tables, maps, graphics, and appendices.
- Identifies review bottlenecks, schedule risks, and staffing or workflow issues early, and proactively recommend solutions or escalate concerns as needed.
- Maintains document control by tracking revisions, monitoring version control, and verifying changes.
- Works with multiple authors in a single document.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience and qualifications for success:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Three (3) years of technical editing experience.
- Science background and/or technical knowledge of environmental consulting, biological sciences, or cultural resources is highly desirable.
- Command of Microsoft Word, particularly Track Changes and Styles, and experience with Microsoft Excel and collaborative document-editing platforms.
- Experience with Microsoft Teams and Outlook for workplace communication and collaboration.
- Command of Adobe Acrobat, including creating and modifying simple and complex PDFs.
Preferred Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:
- Five (5) years of technical editing experience.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to balance ever-changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, and commitment to teamwork.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and establish or shift priorities under tight deadlines.
- Excellent verbal, writing, and analytical skills.
- Ability and willingness to learn SWCA’s in-house style guide and client/agency style guides.
- Superior command of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and composition.
- Ability to translate technical jargon into plain language.
Other Job Conditions:
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license and meet SWCA's driver requirements.
Pay Range:
SWCA is committed to salary equity and transparency. The expected pay range for this Salt Lake City, Utah–based position is:
- Associate Project Technical Editor – $28.08 to $35.88 per hour
- Project Technical Editor – $31.72 to $40.56 per hour
Actual pay may vary based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Eligible employees may also receive performance-based bonuses.
As a 100% employee-owned company, we invest in your future. Our Total Rewards package includes an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k) with profit sharing, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.
Closing:
Use of Technology in Hiring
Candidate Use of AI
Equal Opportunity Employer
SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.
#LI-CR1
SWCA’s technical documents range from simple memoranda to multichapter, multivolume environmental impact reports and environmental impact statements. The candidate will be responsible for editing and formatting our scientific technical documents and marketing proposals.
This requisition can hire at two levels:
- Associate Project Technical Editor – Typically with a minimum of 3 years of relevant technical experience and expertise.
- Project Technical Editor – Typically with a minimum of 4 years of relevant technical experience and expertise.
This is a regular, full-time, benefits-eligible, hourly/non-exempt position. The position is eligible for hybrid or distributed (i.e., remote) work and reports to our Salt Lake City, Utah, office. This position has occasional evening, weekend, and overtime work when deadlines demand.
Application Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be scheduled as qualified candidates are identified. This position may close without prior notice once a strong candidate pool is established.
We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.
- Leads and coordinates project efforts to align with client and SWCA objectives from conception through delivery. This includes setting clear project goals, timelines, and standards; coordinating efforts, schedules, and budgets between technical staff, project managers, and other stakeholders; and ensuring a cohesive approach to project execution and objectives.
- Edits technical documents for clarity, coherence, consistency, and compliance with SWCA and client standards, applying in-depth knowledge of technical subject matter.
- Collaborates effectively with project teams, including technical experts, project managers, and other Quality professionals, to ensure the integration of content, design, and technical accuracy in all project deliverables. Acts as a liaison to bridge gaps between different functions, ensuring a unified approach to project execution and delivery.
- Develops and implements project-specific style guides and editing protocols, standardizing approaches to ensure consistency across documents.
- Mentors and guides junior staff, fostering a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and professional growth within the team. Provides feedback, shares knowledge, and offers support to enhance skills and capabilities.
- Innovates editing processes and tools, leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and document quality.
- Manages multiple editing assignments simultaneously, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines and budget constraints.
- Provides feedback and guidance on complex technical documents, ensuring accuracy and adherence to project goals.
- Follows applicable federal, Tribal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, and specifications.
- Performs related work as assigned.
- Formats and finalizes reports of varying size and complexity, including text, tables, maps, graphics, and appendices.
- Identifies review bottlenecks, schedule risks, and staffing or workflow issues early, and proactively recommend solutions or escalate concerns as needed.
- Maintains document control by tracking revisions, monitoring version control, and verifying changes.
- Works with multiple authors in a single document.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience and qualifications for success:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Three (3) years of technical editing experience.
- Science background and/or technical knowledge of environmental consulting, biological sciences, or cultural resources is highly desirable.
- Command of Microsoft Word, particularly Track Changes and Styles, and experience with Microsoft Excel and collaborative document-editing platforms.
- Experience with Microsoft Teams and Outlook for workplace communication and collaboration.
- Command of Adobe Acrobat, including creating and modifying simple and complex PDFs.
Preferred Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:
- Five (5) years of technical editing experience.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to balance ever-changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, and commitment to teamwork.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and establish or shift priorities under tight deadlines.
- Excellent verbal, writing, and analytical skills.
- Ability and willingness to learn SWCA’s in-house style guide and client/agency style guides.
- Superior command of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and composition.
- Ability to translate technical jargon into plain language.
Other Job Conditions:
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license and meet SWCA's driver requirements.
Pay Range:
SWCA is committed to salary equity and transparency. The expected pay range for this Salt Lake City, Utah–based position is:
- Associate Project Technical Editor – $28.08 to $35.88 per hour
- Project Technical Editor – $31.72 to $40.56 per hour
Actual pay may vary based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Eligible employees may also receive performance-based bonuses.
As a 100% employee-owned company, we invest in your future. Our Total Rewards package includes an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k) with profit sharing, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.
Closing:
Use of Technology in Hiring
Candidate Use of AI
Equal Opportunity Employer
SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.
#LI-CR1
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The qualifications that appear most often in editor jobs across Utah.
- Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field
- Proven experience editing for digital, print, or technical content in a professional setting
- Strong command of AP, Chicago, or house style guides relevant to the employer's content type
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines within a content management system
- Experience collaborating with writers, designers, and subject matter experts across departments
- Familiarity with SEO best practices and digital publishing workflows for online content
Editor Jobs in Utah: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a editor in Utah?
Editors in Utah are not required to hold a state-issued license or certification, so the path runs through education and portfolio development. Most Utah employers expect a bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a closely related field. Building clips through university publications, internships at Utah media outlets, or content roles at local organizations strengthens a candidacy considerably. Specializing early in a high-demand area such as technical editing or digital content gives applicants a clear edge in the Utah market.
Which companies hire editors in Utah?
Companies currently hiring editors in Utah include Xhale, Torus, and Live Awesom, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Utah's mix of technology companies, educational publishers, and media organizations creates consistent editorial demand across both full-time and contract roles.
Which Utah cities have the most editor jobs?
Salt Lake City, Roy, and Lehi are the Utah cities with the most editor openings. Salt Lake City leads as the state's commercial and media hub, home to major employers in technology, healthcare communications, and publishing, while Provo's concentration of tech companies and Brigham Young University drives demand in the Utah Valley corridor, and Ogden's growing business community adds to openings in the northern part of the state.
Are there remote editor jobs in Utah?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 88% of editor openings tied to Utah are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how well editing translates to asynchronous, document-based work. Roles in digital content strategy, technical writing review, and online publishing tend to offer the most location flexibility, while positions tied to print production or in-person editorial meetings are more likely to require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a editor in Utah with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through editorial assistant or junior content coordinator roles, which Utah employers in educational publishing and technology content regularly post as stepping stones into editing. Contributing to university newspapers or literary journals at institutions like the University of Utah or Utah Valley University builds a portfolio that hiring managers recognize. Lateral moves from roles such as proofreader, content writer, or communications coordinator are common, and candidates who demonstrate AP or Chicago style proficiency and a clean editing sample set consistently advance faster in the Utah hiring process.
Where can I find and apply to editor jobs in Utah?
You can find and apply to editor jobs in Utah on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring in the state right now. Search the roles that fit your experience level and specialty, then apply directly to the ones that match. No signup is needed to see the listings.
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