Digital Editor

Freelance Digital Editor

United States - Remote Flexibility

Freelance /

Remote

Overview: We are looking for a talented, ambitious self-starter with excellent editing and research skills to join our quality assurance freelance team. As a freelance digital editor, you’ll act as a critical fail-safe to ensure some of the biggest names in Democratic politics and world-changing nonprofits always put their best foot forward. This is the perfect job for anyone who feels passionately about progressive activism and believes the AP Stylebook is essential to survival. If that’s you, read on.

You will be responsible for:

• Editing fundraising and advocacy emails daily for accuracy, syntax, punctuation, grammatical and spelling errors, and typos;
• Fact-checking, fact-checking, fact-checking;
• Technical quality assurance on email tests and landing pages, including checking tracking, URLs, rendering, and general functionality; 
• Ensuring emails are in line with both internal style and client-specific style, all while retaining a compelling, authentic voice.

Must-have qualifications:

• At least one year in an editing-adjacent position or internship; 
• Ability to work during days during the week, at least during the training period;
• Experience using a style guide (AP or otherwise);
• Discipline to read carefully, think critically, and strive for perfection;
• Ability and willingness to learn and adjust to new technologies and tools;
• Ability to review short copy on tight deadlines; and
• Passion for making our world a better place.

Nice-to-have qualifications:

• Ability to parse policy is a plus;
• Experience with email and SMS functionality and/or user experience is helpful;
• Familiarity with Jira, Slack, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Word is helpful. 

Pay rate for this role is $25-35/hour* and increases depending on experience.

*Pay rate for the training period (up to the first 60 hours) will be 75% of the total agreed rate.

NOTE: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Freelance roles are 1099/Independent Contractors and not eligible for employee benefits.