Content Editor
From $12/yr
Our client is seeking a Copywriter/Content Editor with B2B experience. This is a 12 month contract (40 hours a week) with potential to extend. Houston based candidates preferred but remote flexible for the right candidate. Must be able to work CST hours if located in another timezone. OVERVIEW The Content Editor is a hands-on writer and editor responsible for shaping clear, compelling and accurate content across social, editorial, email and website communications. This is more than a proofreading role: from a client-provided outline, script or set of talking points, you'll write and shape original copy as often as you'll edit someone else's draft, and you're expected to catch problems in structure, tone and message before they become a client's problem. Working as part of an integrated creative pod, the Content Editor partners with Content Creators, Integrated Producers and other pod members across social, editorial, email and website communications. Above all, this role is a steward of the client's brand voice and guidelines: every piece that passes through you should sound like the same company, no matter who wrote the first draft or which channel it's headed to. This is an early-to-mid-career role. We're looking for someone with 1–3 years of experience at an advertising agency or corporate in-house creative studio who can move comfortably between long-form content, short-form social writing, substantive editing and detailed copyediting. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING * Write copy from a provided client outline, script or set of talking points, as well as edit and refine drafts written by others * Turn briefs, source material and communications objectives into clear, engaging and audience-appropriate content * Write and adapt social copy, headlines, captions and short-form storytelling for different platforms and audiences * Provide substantive editing as well as copyediting and proofreading, improving structure, clarity, tone and storytelling * Serve as a steward of the client's brand voice and guidelines, flagging and correcting anything that drifts from either * Adapt content across channels, audiences and formats while maintaining a consistent company voice and message * Partner with Content Creators and Social team members to ensure copy, design and visual storytelling work together as a cohesive story * Support scripts and copy for video, social and other multimedia content * Work within an integrated creative pod led by Producers, helping move assignments efficiently from brief through final content * Incorporate stakeholder, legal, compliance and substantiation feedback accurately and efficiently while protecting the clarity and integrity of the content WHAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED * 1–3 years of experience in writing, editing, editorial, social content, communications, journalism or a related discipline, at an advertising agency or corporate in-house creative studio * Strong steward of the client's brand voice and guidelines, with the judgment to protect them across every format and channel * Demonstrated ability to write original copy from an outline, script or brief, not only edit someone else's draft * Excellent writing, editing, proofreading and storytelling skills across a range of formats and audiences * Strong command of grammar, style, tone and voice with exceptional attention to detail * Experience writing and editing for social media, with an understanding of platform-specific voice, length, format and audience expectations * Strong editorial judgment with the ability to quickly identify the core message and determine the clearest way to communicate it * Experience writing scripts or copy for video content is a plus * Comfortable managing multiple assignments and quick-turn requests in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment * Collaborative, adaptable and comfortable working closely with producers, designers and other creative partners * Send your resume and portfolio to be considered