Copy Editor, The Verge

Job Description

The Verge is seeking a sharp, thoughtful copy editor to join our ambitious team and uphold our high editorial standards. Copy editors are the last line of defense before something is published on our site or channels, ensuring our work is accessible, clear, inclusive, and accurate. As we launch subscription products such as our paid newsletters, this work will be even more vital. This role requires a language expert on the breadth of topics The Verge covers who feels a deep responsibility to get things right. The right person will be a strong collaborator with every team at The Verge and have the ability to context-shift between a wide variety of topics.

WHO WE ARE

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.

The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
• 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.

WHO YOU ARE

Preferred qualifications:
• 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.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We've hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

This job is remote, but ability to work East Coast hours is preferred.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The pay rate listed below represents the minimum and maximum total compensation for this position at the time of this posting. Final compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Transparency - Flat Rate

$65,000 — $65,000 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7628p-18-227-209-89-42 in your application.