Temporary Copy Editor

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Temporary Copy Editor polishing Hearst Magazines branded content across digital platforms. Ensuring accuracy, brand consistency, and publication readiness through copy editing and quality assurance.

Responsibilities:

  • Edit branded content across articles, landing pages, newsletters, social copy, and other editorial deliverables
  • Review grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, structure, tone, and readability while maintaining each brand's voice
  • Align copy with editorial standards, client guidelines, project briefs, and brand requirements
  • Fact-check names, titles, dates, claims, hyperlinks, captions, and supporting information
  • Perform final quality assurance reviews on preview links before publication
  • Verify headlines, subheads, metadata, calls to action, image captions, pull quotes, and other on-page elements
  • Partner with writers, editors, designers, producers, and account teams to incorporate feedback and resolve issues
  • Manage multiple assignments while meeting deadlines and maintaining attention to detail

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of professional copy-editing or editorial experience
  • Experience editing branded content, sponsored content, marketing copy, digital publishing, or journalism
  • Exceptional command of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and editorial style
  • Strong understanding of voice, tone, audience, and brand standards across multiple content formats
  • Outstanding attention to detail, particularly during final-stage editorial reviews and quality assurance
  • Experience working within web-based content management systems (CMS) or digital publishing preview environments
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Fully remote position

Benefits:

  • Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing
  • Access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1
  • 401(k) plan with a generous company match