Swoop

Senior Editorial Director

Swoop

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $165,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of developmental and copy editors, setting clear expectations, running regular 1:1s, and supporting career development.
  • Build a culture of editorial excellence, curiosity, and continuous improvement across the team.
  • In collaboration with the Director of Content Integrity, own editorial quality across our article portfolio: voice, structure, accuracy, and tone.
  • Actively champion and experiment with AI tools for content development, editing workflows, and quality assurance.
  • Help the broader content team build fluency and confidence with AI tools.
  • Stay current on how AI is reshaping health content and bring that perspective to editorial strategy.
  • Collaborate with the VP of Content Operations to ensure content is developed on time and within budget, with an eye on aggressive output goals.
  • Partner closely with the SEO and CRM/Marketing teams to align editorial and distribution goals.
  • Collaborate with the EVP of Content on longer-term editorial strategy and team development.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of editorial experience, including meaningful time managing editors
  • Expertise in health content, ideally patient-facing or consumer health, and a deep understanding for what this audience needs
  • Strong developmental editing instincts: you can assess structure, argument, and voice at the piece level and give feedback that makes editors and writers better
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally with SEO and marketing stakeholders while holding the line on editorial standards
  • A direct, thoughtful communicator with your team, your peers, and up
  • Fully remote-capable and experienced managing distributed teams
  • Willing to travel occasionally for team meetings and off-sites
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
editorial managementdevelopmental editingcontent strategyAI tools for content developmentquality assuranceSEO alignmentcross-functional collaborationbudget managementcontent portfolio managementhealth content expertise
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationteam developmentcuriosityorganizational skillsdirect communicationthoughtfulnesscollaborationadaptability