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Managing Editor at Major Crypto Media

Published on the October 11, 2018 in Writing & Translation

About this project

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Major crypto media is searching for its one-and-only managing editor to rule the Spanish edition. Knowing Portuguese as well is a great advantage and could definitely add some cash to your wage.

What our executive editor must do? Well, the usual stuff:

— Work with multinational team of amazing (and not-so-amazing) authors across the
— Assign tasks and pitch articles to authors; enforce deadlines;
— Copy edit content: style, spelling, tone, verbal identity, clarity, grace, awesomeness, fairness, adherence to editorial standards, conciseness, usage, coherence, logic, punctuation and a whole bunch of other fancy-shmancy words;
— Fact check;
— Enforce brand/style guides;
— Actively participate in brainstorms and ideation;
— Understand blockchain technology and cryptocurrency market OR be able to quickly figure that stuff out.

Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience editing digital and/or print content.

Skills and duties:

— High managing skills;
— Ability to focus on multiple tasks and turn around copy edits on strict deadlines;
— Proven experience in copy editing content for spelling, clarity, punctuation, grammar, voice, style, tone et cetera;
— Experience in checking sources for the accuracy of stats and quotes cited;
— Must be comfortable editing all content types, short- and long-form articles, digital and social content;
— Enforces brand style standards;
— In-depth knowledge of copy editing tools and stylebooks (ie. Associated Press, Chicago, etc);
— Should possess a superior command of both written and verbal communication skills. The latter will definitely come in handy since we kind of like to talk here;
— Able to work both independently and in a team environment;
— Must get into at least one argument about which cryptocurrency is superior per calendar year (Ok, not ‘must’, this is optional);
— Experience editing or writing in B2B or the financial services industry is a plus;
— Proficient in content management systems (CMS) and workflow tools.

Category Writing & Translation
Subcategory Article writing
How many words? More than 5,000 words
Is this a project or a position? Long-term position
Required availability Full time

Delivery term: Not specified

Skills needed