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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates exceptional command of written English and strong professional editing skills, with a focus on clarity, accuracy, and adherence to AP style. Capable of providing detailed editorial feedback and developing high-quality content that engages audiences.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Professional Editing SkillsResearch and Fact-CheckingStorytelling and Structural JudgementAP Style FamiliarityContent Evaluation Standards
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Hard Skills
Content EvaluationEditorial Quality AssessmentCopyeditingFact-CheckingContent DevelopmentWriting Reference PiecesGrammar CorrectionStructural ImprovementClarity EnhancementNarrative Coherence
Soft Skills
Attention to DetailConstructive FeedbackAudience Awareness
Industry Keywords
JournalismEditorial StandardsProfessional PublicationWritingEditingStorytellingAP Style
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Evaluate AI-generated writing for clarity, accuracy, tone, structure, and editorial quality
- Assess whether content meets professional publication and newsroom standards
- Identify weak framing, unclear reasoning, structural problems, factual concerns, and stylistic inconsistencies
- Distinguish polished writing from superficially fluent but editorially weak content
- Write high-quality reference pieces across different editorial scenarios
- Develop clear, engaging, well-structured content with strong storytelling and audience awareness
- Edit and rewrite content to improve clarity, precision, flow, and effectiveness
- Correct grammar, syntax, terminology, organisation, and style issues
- Strengthen headlines, leads, transitions, argument structure, and narrative coherence
- Research and fact-check claims, sources, and evidentiary support
- Identify unsupported statements, inconsistencies, factual errors, and misleading framing
- Provide detailed, actionable editorial feedback
- Help define and refine standards for high-quality AI-generated writing
- Apply AP style or comparable editorial conventions
- Maintain consistent evaluation standards across assignments
Requirements
What you’ll need- At least 1 year of professional experience as a journalist, writer, editor, or comparable editorial professional at a reputable publication
- At least part of the relevant professional experience gained within approximately the past 7 years
- Exceptional command of written English
- Strong professional editing and copyediting skills
- Demonstrated experience with research and fact-checking
- Strong storytelling, structural, and editorial judgement
- Familiarity with AP style or comparable professional editorial standards
- Ability to provide detailed and constructive editorial feedback
- Strong attention to accuracy, nuance, language, and presentation
- Undergraduate degree from a highly ranked university preferred
- Candidates based in English-speaking countries preferred
- Must complete work without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, publication, institution, or third party
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote work
- Independent contractor engagement
- Compensation of $245–$280/hour
- Remote consulting opportunity
- Flexible/project-based assignments