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Client Overview This company specializes in producing a high volume of client-facing content, including authority articles, owned-media pieces, and social and Web 2.0 content. They leverage AI-assisted drafts and are focused on enhancing editorial quality and efficiency. Role Summary The Head of Editorial will be responsible for owning content quality before it reaches clients, defining and maintaining editorial standards, and refining AI workflows. This role involves critical human judgment to elevate AI-assisted drafts to publication standard, coach writers, and ensure all content meets strict quality, SEO, and platform compliance requirements. Key Responsibilities Serve as the editorial gate, ensuring all client-facing content meets quality standards before moving downstream. Define and maintain editorial standards for voice, structure, accuracy, readability, and SEO soundness. Rewrite and elevate AI-assisted or rough drafts to a publication standard, removing AI tells and verifying claims. Provide clear, specific coaching notes to writers to improve their skills and prevent future mistakes. Own and refine AI prompts, templates, and workflows to improve the quality of initial drafts. Ensure content is optimized correctly for SEO without sacrificing readability. Understand and apply publishing rules and best practices for various platforms (e.g., Medium, WordPress, LinkedIn). Required Qualifications Professional background editing for publications (magazine, newsroom, or serious digital publication). High-level, native-quality English with full command of grammar, style, structure, and tone; comfortable working to AP Style. SEO literacy, understanding on-page SEO and content best practices. Knowledge of publishing rules and content conventions for major platforms (Medium, Vocal, Ghost, Hashnode, WordPress, X, LinkedIn). Fluency with AI tools, understanding their failure modes, and ability to rewrite past AI filler or generic phrasing. Strong prompt engineering skills to craft and refine prompts for better first drafts. Ability to provide actionable coaching notes that improve team output. Fast, organized, and reliable under steady content volume, with strong prioritization judgment. Preferred Skills Experience in reputation management, PR, or agency content. Familiarity with storytelling / narrative non-fiction for business audiences. Experience building editorial standards or style guides from scratch. Location & Work Arrangement Remote, full-time. To apply: Share (1) examples of content you have edited — ideally before/after — and (2) a short note on how you use AI in your editorial process without relying on it.
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