Description

Skyword is looking for a versatile and highly skilled writer and editor to help support content development, writer management, and editorial brief writing.

This role will support 2-3 clients/projects during the term and help maintain oversight into editorial strategic delivery and content quality expectations for their accounts. This is a multifunctional support role with the need to work independently and proactively, as needed. Deadlines will need to be met daily, though assignments are typically laid out in advance. We are looking for up to 35 hours a week of support.

The editor in this role is expected to primarily field a wide array of content types and industry verticals, so it’s critical that the candidate is comfortable moving between various projects day-to-day.

Length of initial contract: Up to 6 months (with opportunity for re-up for longer period after initial engagement).
Hourly Rate: 45-50/hr

This position is expected to be available at set times during portions of each day to ensure regular alignment and collaboration within the team, but we are also comfortable with flexibility for when work is completed as long as agreed upon deadlines are met. We will work with the candidate to ensure those online times match the needs of their life and schedule.

Key Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

Editing. Support editing content end-to-end, evaluating it upon submission against client goals and quality, performing expert copy and line editing as well as proofing ahead of delivery to the client, and managing client-requested revisions.
Copywriting. Create and edit social/ads, graphics, and miscellaneous short-form content.
Contributor management. Communicate with contributors to resolve content revisions and be prepared to help with recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, offering assignments, content feedback and training.
Ideation. Execute editorial strategy through assignment brief creation.
Production support, tracking and communication. Maintain content trackers, update content templates, source photography for content, and communicate content status to clients as needed.
Team alignment. Join internal status and collaboration meetings as needed.
Client support. Join external meetings and update clients on content production.
Brand knowledge. Educate yourself on the project goals and content objectives by having a good understanding of each project’s market/brand, their target audiences, and the value proposition supported by the content and how it connects to business objectives.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

What this role requires:

Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or related field
Minimum 3 years of experience developmental editing and line editing and at least one year working directly with writers
Minimum of 3 years working on content strategy, editorial strategy, and large-scale content production
Experience managing freelancers or other external content production role(s)
Excellent spelling and grammar skills with an exceptional eye for detail
Expert knowledge of both The Chicago Manual of Style and the Associated Press Stylebook
Experience with SEO and LLM content optimization and visibility best practices
Experience with social media content creation and related needs
Exceptional understanding of what a writer needs to submit quality work
Experience supporting the production and delivery of time-sensitive written content
Ability to delegate tasks and manage deadlines
Excellent time management and project management skills with the ability to effectively support concurrent projects and adapt to changing priorities and timelines
Superior communication and collaboration skills
Ability and willingness to learn new tools and technologies, especially but not limited to the Skyword Content Management Platform
An editing test will be required of candidates (30 min max)

About Skyword

Founded in 2010, Skyword empowers today’s top brands to create unique content experiences that deliver customer value and drive business success. With its SaaS+ model, Skyword offers: a SaaS-based enterprise-level content marketing platform, industry-leading services, and a global community of storytellers. Today’s leading brands have created and published more than one million original stories as articles, videos, images, infographics, podcasts, and animations on Skyword360. These stories have earned Skyword customers more than two billion visits organically, and Skyword has paid its freelance creatives more than $30 million on behalf of its customers. Skyword is a fully remote, privately held company. Current investors include Rho Acceleration, Cox Media Group, Allen & Company, Progress Ventures, and American Public Media Group.

Skyword is proud to be endorsed by both the analyst community and our customers year after year. Most recently, we were named the 2020 Gartner Peer Insights "Customer's Choice", ranked as a leader in Gartner's 2021 Magic Quadrant, and rated by customers as a leader or high performer across 8 categories (including content creation, distribution, experience, and freelance platform) in G2's Spring 2021 Grid® Reports.

We're on a mission to make it easy for brands to tell authentic stories that establish trust and build lasting relationships. We believe that both you and your audience win when you meet their needs with original, expert content. And we’ve got the results to prove it.

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