How much experience is required?

At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Senior Editor role.

What seniority level is this role?

Perplexity targets senior candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Senior Editor role at Perplexity.

Senior Editor at Perplexity - Joblaze

Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Editor at Perplexity, the individual will oversee the entire editorial process, ensuring high-quality content across various channels while mentoring writers to enhance their skills. This position requires a strong command of the editorial stack, including developmental and copy editing, as well as content planning. Ideal candidates will have over seven years of experience in editorial leadership and a proven ability to adapt their writing style for diverse audiences. Perplexity is focused on building a robust editorial function, making this an exciting opportunity for someone eager to shape a dynamic team.

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Quick facts

How much experience is required?: At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Senior Editor role.
What seniority level is this role?: Perplexity targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Senior Editor role at Perplexity.

From the original posting

Perplexity is seeking a Senior Editor to lead the quality and velocity of everything we publish. Our content spans a range of audiences, channels, and objectives. You will set the editorial bar for excellence and make every writer around you measurably better.

If you treat a clunky sentence and a sprawling launch narrative as the same kind of craft, take pride in language without being precious about deadlines, and want to build a world-class editorial function from the ground up, this role is for you.

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.

Senior Editor

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