Editor
- Remote, United States
$32 to $36 USD / hour
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Job details
- Pay
- $32 to $36 USD / hour
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- Experience
- At least 3 years of experience in editorial, content marketing, communications, or a similar content-focused role.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
We are looking for an Editor to support a healthcare organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through a Long-term Contract engagement. This role is ideal for a strong writer and editor who can uncover compelling story ideas, shape concise audience-focused content, and keep multiple publication timelines moving forward. Must have strong newsletter experience. The position partners with stakeholders across the organization to plan monthly editorial content, manage approvals, and help improve newsletter performance through thoughtful content strategy and execution.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and develop timely story ideas, service updates, and community-focused topics for recurring regional communications.
- Partner with marketing, communications, outreach, and subject matter experts to determine the most relevant content for each issue.
- Maintain and update editorial plans for monthly publications, balancing scheduled sections with new and emerging topics.
- Write and refine short-form features, headlines, subject lines, preheaders, and calls to action for audience-facing materials.
- Review contributed copy for accuracy, readability, tone, style, and appropriate length before publication.
- Coordinate deadlines, collect assets and stakeholder feedback, and keep multiple overlapping projects on schedule each month.
- Oversee the review and approval process with content owners, leadership, and compliance or legal teams when required.
- Track revisions, manage version control, and confirm that final content is approved and publication-ready.
- Support testing initiatives such as subject line and content placement experiments, and use engagement results to suggest future improvements.
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, marketing, English, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- At least 3 years of experience in editorial, content marketing, communications, or a similar content-focused role.
- Demonstrated strength in writing, copy editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and shaping short-form content for consumer audiences.
- Proven ability to manage production schedules, coordinate deliverables, and handle several recurring deadlines at the same time.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders to gather input, revise content, and move materials through approval processes.
- Strong organizational skills with close attention to detail and accuracy in a deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to interpret content performance metrics and apply insights to improve future editorial planning and messaging.