PS creates inspirational and accessible lifestyle content that helps our audience live more balanced and fulfilling lives. Our coverage is rooted in real-life stories, first-person perspectives, and expert-backed advice. We embody positivity, honesty, and straightforwardness across our content, from hype-checking the latest beauty treatments and workouts to curating the products and trends worth your time and money.
PS 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
Copy edit .com articles across the PS network for grammar, punctuation, clarity, style, accuracy, and spelling, adhering closely to PS’s style guide and editorial guidelines
Copy edit content for other teams throughout the brand (video, marketing, social, design, branded, etc.) for grammar, punctuation, clarity, style, accuracy, and spelling.
Respond to copy questions from editors and other departments as needed
Proactively suggest improvements to processes and strategies both within copy team and across edit
Regularly sends feedback and reminders on copy style and grammar to writers and editors via email and Slack as necessary
Stays in good communication with senior copy editor on both a day-to-day and big-picture level.
Takes feedback from senior copy editor to improve copy editing skills.
SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE:
Supporting excellence across copy for the brand
Having a firm understanding of the PS voice and copyediting accordingly
Having a firm understanding of PS’s SEO best practices, and ensuring posts follow SEO guidelines in links, tags, and search titles
Being proficient with PS style, tagging guidelines, and basic HTML
Being able to move quickly and shift priorities as needed.
Who You Are
2+ years of experience in writing/editing/blogging, online publishing, or related field
2+ years of online copy editing experience (required)
A thorough knowledge of grammar, punctuation, and AP and Chicago style (required)
A knowledge of digital media
Experience working directly in a CMS
An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Basic HTML skills
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 would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. 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, with opportunity to work from Vox Media offices where available.
WHY VOX MEDIA?
What We Offer
This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.
OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here.
Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).
What Comes Next
Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.
PAY TRANSPARENCY
The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary 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 Range
$64,000—$66,000 USD
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Online Audio and Video Media
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