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Company

Vox Media · 9 hours ago

Copy Editor, The Verge

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$65K/yr - $65K/yr

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Manage and update The Verge's style guide, which maintains guidance on tone, voice, and language use across all published work. This includes producing topical guidance for newsworthy moments.

Copy edit text on our website, channels, podcasts, and videos from a large team of reporters, producers, and freelancers. This includes editing our weekly paid newsletters, Command Line and Notepad.

Serve as a stakeholder in our ambitious special projects, working closely with The Verge's managing editor and deputy editors on production.

Co-write The Verge's internal newsletter, ensuring language guidelines and standards are clearly communicated and enforced across our wide team of writers and editors.

Copy edit and fact-check a variety of off-platform copy, including brand marketing, events promotion, and print projects.

Work closely with editorial leadership to develop, QA, and uphold standards across written, visual, and audio content.

Qualification

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Copy EditingEditorial StandardsGrammar ProficiencyFact-CheckingInterest in TechnologyStyle Guide ManagementEditing Data VisualizationSensitivity ReadsInterest in Internet CultureInterest in TransportationInterest in Science

Preferred

Minimum three years' experience in copy editing, preferably for a digital-first news organization

A commitment to the highest editorial standards of accuracy, clarity, and inclusivity

The ability to work quickly and collaboratively under tight deadlines amid a busy news environment

A sharp eye for mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation

A strong interest in topics The Verge covers, including technology, internet culture, transportation, and science

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively; excellent communication skills

Experience in fact-checking, editing data visualization, or performing sensitivity reads a bonus.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life

Company

Vox Media

Glassdoor

3.6

Vox Media is an operator of an online media publishing agency created to influence editorial properties and premium advertising.

Founded in 2003

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

https://corp.voxmedia.com

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