Content Editing

Wittypen is a managed marketplace for content and we work with some of the best brands like Freshworks, Swiggy, Acko, Paytm, and others to help create content through our pool of 1700+ freelance writers.

Founded in 2015, today Wittypen is one of the most credible content platforms working with customers across 5+ countries and creating thousands of content pieces every month.

We believe in having a goal-driven culture where our colleagues try to do the best work of their lives in a way that also drives meaning and impact.

This is a remote position.

We're hiring Sr. Content Editor to join our content team to help our customer scale their content initiatives by checking content created by writers for language, grammar, and plagiarism.

WittyPen is a platform that helps hundreds of businesses get quality content from freelance writers across the world. We are building features and products to help businesses scale their content creation seamlessly, and also let content writers earn well from wherever they are in the world. We're looking for someone who loves working with brands and aims at creating content that brings in real value.

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. Each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective, and we are always eager to further diversify our company. WittyPen is committed to building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best and most rewarding work of your career.

About the job

As a content editor, you will be part of any new project from Day 1. But the actual work starts when you receive content from writers for the given project, where you edit the content for factual, grammatical, and plagiarism issues. You will also be consistently sharing qualitative feedbacks with the writers so they improve content quality which saves you time in the long run. On a day to day basis you will be involved in following tasks:

1. Be part of project kickoff meeting to understand the expectations
2. Review content for project guidelines, grammatical issues, and plagiarism
3. Revert content pieces to writers on the platform and track for timely delivery
4. Edit content pieces for final deliveries
5. Work with Content Manager to further improve briefs, project checklists, and writer allocation

About You

Since you will be mostly dealing with content editing, being a voracious reader will give you an edge. Another key aspect is to consistently work towards improving your work efficiency. Below are the skills/requirements which would make you a good fit for this job.

• English Proficiency - Writing
• Education in BA/MA English Literature, Mass Communications or previous experience in Content
• Knowledge of Project Management and using tools like Basecamp, Trello etc.
• Knowledge of Content & Digital Marketing is a plus

Pay and benefits

This is afully-remote contract based role.

As a contractual editor, you can earn between 30-60k/month based on the work you value and quantity of the words you edit every day.

We believe in working believing in hiring professionals who don't need to be managed and are self motivated to achieve goals and help meet deadlines. Apart from work, we become friends for life and enable an atmosphere which promotes free thinking, experimentation, and gives a room to make mistakes.

While we are super transparent and accommodating as a team, our work demands us to be proactive and consistent with our deliverables, especially for the editing role. This could be a role that challenges and still gives you a room to grow consistently.