Content Editor

Storyful is an equal opportunity employer

Job Description :

Storyful, a News Corp company, is a global leader in social media news and intelligence, specializing in contextualization and verification. Storyful is powered by a unique ability to gather and streamline data from all corners of an increasingly complex media landscape. We believe social media is the key to a deeper understanding of global events and cultural phenomena, and our mission is to provide trusted, cross-platform content and context in a complex online information environment.

Storyful Intelligence, our consultancy arm, provides leaders in marketing and

communications with critical, data-driven insights and strategic consultancy, focused on mitigating reputational risk.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a (Contractor) Content Editor for a 3 month assignment, you will ensure that all client deliverables, including reports, presentations, and marketing material, meet our high standards for quality. Drawing on your passion for crisp and effective language, familiarity with copy standards and natural storytelling acumen, you will drive editorial excellence across our work. Your responsibility will be not only to help make sentences sing-but to help clarify complex, data-driven analysis as well as sharpen our strategic guidance, all while working in close collaboration with the team.

Responsibilities

• This is a 3 month Consultant role

Editing and production

• Responsible for edits to client deliverables which may range from 10 to 50 pages in length, including edits to language and structure, as well as final copy and proofing

• Collaborate with the team to ensure that data and data visuals are accurate and clear

• Work to ensure that insights are compelling and crisp, including rewriting headlines and other portions of content as needed or providing clear, actionable feedback for the writer to address

• Bring a client-centric mindset to the editorial approach to make certain that actionability and value are at the core of refinement

• Work with internal departments, including marketing and sales, to edit a variety of public-facing content such as newsletters and whitepapers

Standards and process

• Ensure all final deliverables adverse to existing voice, tone and style guides and that final output adheres to the proper standards and processes for design and data visualization

• Evangelize standards to the team, serving as an in-house center of excellence by employing training and coaching where needed to help improve writing quality

• Maintain and evolve templates, standards and guidelines to better meet client needs on an ongoing basis

• Drive the production process, in collaboration with the project director, to ensure that all internal and external deadlines are met, including management of the production calendar

• Contribute to ongoing process improvement across the production process, including development of tools and resources as needed

Requirements

• 3-5 years' experience in an editorial function, preferably in a marketing, communications, brand or agency environment, or editing for a business/B2B publication

• Understanding of commonly used style guides and standards

• A keen attention to detail and an ear for language and tone in writing

• Experience editing longer-form text

• Experience editing data-driven research a plus

• Strong self-management skills to balance multiple projects simultaneously to meet short and long-term deadlines

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Flexibility and willingness to wear multiple hats

• Graphic design or data visualization experience are a plus, but not required

• Language skills are a plus, but not required

The ideal candidate is an editor who has a passion for clean and effective language, an understanding of copy standards and proofreading methods, and a drive to bring the insights produced by the Insight and Intelligence team to life. They are passionate about the suitability of the serial comma, loathe lengthiness, and attuned to business writing and structure.

This candidate will report to the VP, Intelligence to ensure our outputs, which may range anywhere from 2 pages to upwards of 50, are error-free and adhere to the quality and standards of the Intelligence team. They will also work closely with the rest of the Insight and Intelligence team on the presentation of insights across our outputs. The candidate will also be responsible for producing copy for public-facing collateral, maintaining and optimizing existing standards and processes and managing certain regular deliverables.

Alongside copy editing, the candidate will be closely involved in helping develop and improve our templates and formats, from design through to helping establish core editorial processes with the analyst team to ensure that our reporting is clear, concise and insightful. The ideal candidate will have experience working with data-driven research outputs and longer-form reports, as well as a strong sense for crafting the perfect headline. The candidate should also be a strong storyteller who can pull together disparate data points to craft the narrative behind the information.

Consultant 3 Month Assignment

$34 Hour

Hybrid

• 3 Days in Office

#LI-HYbrid

Job Category:

Storyful

• Intelligence

Pay Range: 30 HR

• 34HR

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.