Senior Editor

Perplexity

$90K — $130K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership with a strong portfolio of published work.
  • Ability to adapt writing styles for diverse audiences and channels.
  • Proficient in developmental and copy editing, content planning, and production management.
  • Experience mentoring writers and improving team output quality.
  • Strong learning agility.
  • Refined judgment on structure, argument, and voice, with a flexible approach to rules.
  • Keen eye for narrative in complex, technical, or ambiguous content.
  • Proficient in grammar, style, and storytelling guidelines, with a strategic approach to rule-bending.
  • Comfortable with AI tools, integrating them meaningfully into editorial workflows.
  • Passionate about crafting compelling narratives.

Responsibilities

  • Own and uphold editorial quality throughout all outputs.
  • Reject mediocre content in favor of excellence.
  • Ensure clarity and accuracy in all editorial work.
  • Develop and maintain a consistent and recognizable voice for the brand.
  • Take accountability in editorial decisions amidst diverse opinions.
  • Plan and manage a dynamic editorial calendar in a fast-paced environment.
  • Edit content at all levels, from overall vision to detailed line editing, providing constructive feedback.
  • Mentor and inspire writers, enhancing their skills and respect within the team.
  • Analyze complex topics and present them in an easily understandable manner.
  • Build and evolve editorial systems, including style guides and workflows.
  • Collaborate effectively across departments to meet content needs.

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements to encourage work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement.
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and resources to improve efficiency.
  • Collaborative work environment fostering creativity and innovation.
  • Supportive culture that values storytelling and quality content production.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Own editorial quality end to end.
  • Reject mediocrity.
  • Demand clarity. Ensure accuracy.
  • Be Perplexity. Evolve and enforce our voice. Everything we ship should sound like we shipped it.
  • Be accountable. Hold objective authority in a sea of subjective opinions.
  • Plan and manage the editorial calendar. Run prioritization and production for a fast-moving pipeline in a high-growth environment.
  • Edit at every level. Player-coach plus team owner and stadium sponsor. Move fluidly from high-level editorial vision to developmental editing to line-level copy editing. Deliver feedback that makes the writing and the writer better.
  • Mentor, elevate, and attract excellent writers. Earn the respect of strong writers by making them stronger.
  • Make sense of things. Make sense to people.
  • Build the editorial system. Evolve and own the style guides and workflows.
  • Work productively across the company. Everyone wants content, and you're the content.


Qualifications
  • 7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership, with a body of published or edited work that demonstrates exceptional command of language.
  • High flexibility of tone and mind. You must be able to demonstrate an ability to adapt styles and voices for different channels or audiences.
  • High competence throughout the editorial stack: developmental editing, copy editing, content planning, and managing production.
  • A demonstrated track record of mentoring writers and improving the quality of a team's output, not just your own.
  • Exceptional ability to learn.
  • Refined judgment on all matters of structure, argument, and voice
  • A proven eye for narrative in messy, ambiguous, or highly technical material.
  • Deep familiarity with the rules of grammar, style, and storytelling.
  • Enough experience in the bullet above that you have a clear perspective on which rules you intend to break and when.
  • Comfort using AI tools and the ability to articulate exactly where and how you incorporate them into your workflows.
  • A passion for the truth well-told.

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