Mommy Poppins is looking for a part-time Deputy Editor to work on our New York City site.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Editing articles written by our team of freelancers
• Updating older posts
• Communicating with local venues about programs and events that we may cover
• Adhering to and communicating house style to others
• Pitching in to assist regional editor where needed across the site
• Writing content as needed, including spot news and reviews of local kid destinations

Requirements:

• At least two years professional online editing experience
• Experience in a CMS, such as WordPress
• Live in NYC (one of the five boroughs)
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Collaborative, can-do attitude, and a great communicator
• Reliable and ability to work autonomously

Other defining qualities: able to write a terrific lede, provide structure to meandering copy, fluent in AP style, and understand general SEO principles and headline writing in the age of Facebook.

How to apply:

• Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter describing why you’re the right fit for this job. Tell us about your favorite NYC destinations and activities for entertaining the kids.
• Please also include five pitches for story ideas within your cover letter. Some of these should be the sort of content we already cover on MommyPoppins.com, but let one or two be a departure—something that shows a hint of a direction you could bring to our site.

This is a work-from-home, freelance position, and the hours are flexible, but the ideal candidate is available during normal business hours to communicate with other editors and writers. Must be available for about 10-15 hours per week.

Job Type: Contract

Required experience:

• online editing: 2 years

Job Location:

• New York, NY

Freelance Copy Editors
Looking for a flexible career in copywriting that will allow you to work from anywhere you want? WebpageFX is looking for experienced remote copy editors with an eye for detail and an expert-level command of AP style guildelines.

Details

If you’re seeking a long-term freelance partnership, we’d love to hear from you.

• Work on a variety of content types from from blog posts to sales copy to longer, informative guides.
• You’ll get to edit content for a wide range of clients spanning across hundreds of industries, subject matters, and styles.
• Enjoy a flexible schedule working through your assignments from the comfort of home.
• Help others hone and develop their talents as writers by providing constructive feedback.

Desired Skills

WebpageFX welcomes editors across all industries to apply. Particularly, we are frequently on the lookout for editors with an understanding of the construction, manufacturing, and medical industries.

WebpageFX values editors who possess stellar communication skills, flexibility, and availability.

Our content aims to capture the style and tone of each business that we work with. WebpageFX looks for editors who are eager to understand a business’s unique style and tone.

Our Editing Team Values

• Our philosophy: Learn something new every day. Always do your best. Dive into the editing process with purpose and passion. And double-check!
• Our inspiration: Editing is like an extreme sport: No step is too small to notice, but the end result is exhilarating. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt
• Our standard: Personal pride for the work we complete and a desire to fulfill an important role in a creative process.
• Our goal: Complete tasks quickly yet accurately. Search for new approaches and share industry knowledge. Be awesome editors and even better people.
• Our mission: To take well-written and thought-out stories — and make them better! Understand all forms of content and the purpose of that content. Know the right voice, tone, and information required to make that content successful. Polish all content types with supportive links, proper grammar, and crisp style.

Training


If your application is considered, the next step involves moving through our paid development program, the “Editing Bootcamp.” The Bootcamp itself will take only a few hours. Following your initial training, you may be asked to complete several paid trial assignments. These assignments will allow us to get a feel for your proficiency to execute on AP Style guidelines as well as provide feedback to writers on producing an engaging and working style to determine if there’s a good match.

To Apply


Fill out form to Apply Now
or contact us at: 717-745-7132 or

We’ll need to see your resume, writing interests, and at least five sample written works (either PDF or web links).

• When filling out the form, please include your resume and writing samples by linking to the live content, your portfolio, or a hosting site with your documents. Please do not paste entire sample pieces into the sample field.
• When applying by email, please include a summary of topics and industries you enjoy or have experience writing about with your application.

Full-Time Remote Copy Writer/Editor

Does working from home or your local coffee shop sound like the ideal set-up for you? WebpageFX is seeking experienced applicants for a full-time remote copy writer/editor independent contractor position. If your writing and working styles meet our needs, we can provide a consistent stream of interesting assignments.

We’d love it if you’d consider joining our mission to provide world-class customer service and results to our clients.

Details

If you’re seeking a long-term freelance partnership, we’d love to hear from you.

Write and edit an array of content types from blog posts to sales copy to longform content, spanning over 800+ industries.

Work with over 1,000+ different publishers on the web/in the media ranging from entertainment and lifestyle to industry-specific opportunities

Find flexibility in a 40 hour a week, independent contractor position, as you tackle assignments from the location of your choosing

Desired Skills

WebpageFX encourages applicants with backgrounds spanning any and all industries to apply. We foremost seek out applicants with exceptional communication skills and a flexible schedule. This position requires 40 hours of remote availability a week.

Each piece of content we come in contact with undergoes extreme care to capture the voice and style of our clients. WebpageFX desires to hire writers and editors who strive to uphold and maintain this same philosophy.

Due to the freedom of this remote role, this position requires the applicant to have a reliable laptop, office equipment and internet access.

The Perks of Joining Our Mission

Grow in Your Career: Each of our partners benefits from our world-class training program. As part of our mission, we commit to helping our team and partners stay on the leading edge of the industry. We achieve this through ongoing training programs, incentive for learning, and more.

Longevity: Current team members in this position have been in the role for over 10 years.

Hear from current remote contractors

Monthly Retainers: In addition to the compensation provided to the Contractor, WebpageFX offers 6 paid holidays along with a $180 Monthly Retainer to utilize as the Contractor sees fit in order to better perform the agreed upon services to WebpageFX. Here are some frequent uses of the bonus: personal healthcare, performance resources, or healthy work-life balance.

Flexible Schedule: As an independent contractor, you get to choose your optimal work schedule and have the convenience of working from home.

Make a Difference: WebpageFX strives to not only improve the lives of our clients and everyone who works for them, but to make a tangible difference on a global level as well. Through #FXBuilds, our goal is to positively change the lives of 10,000 people by 2024. We’ve already made a positive impact on the lives of 1,326 people. Your work will contribute to #FXBuilds by helping us reach client goals!

Performance Bonuses: Contractors are eligible for performance bonuses totaling up to $1,000 a year.

The ability and freedom to take on other clients and freelance projects in addition to their work at WebpageFX.

Training

Each writer and editor will gain access to our project management software where they will complete our “Bootcamp” training programs catered to specific areas of work. All projects and correspondence with our internal team will take place here.

Access to hundreds of online courses and training materials, as well as paid subscriptions to the most popular media sources out there!

On-site, state of the art training amenities to facilitate departmental trainings, trend watch reports, and quarterly Lunch-and-Learns

Opportunities for Growth

WebpageFX grew 250%+ over the past 3 years and merit-based promotional opportunities are abundant for new family members (contractors) who meet or exceed position performance metrics

Recent Awards

Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania (Ranked #1 in 2015, 2016 and 2017), Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America , and one of the 75 Best Places to Work for Millennials in America 2015 .

Location

This position is fully remote! Work from anywhere as long as you have a great internet connection and a comfortable workspace.

Compensation

Job Type: Contract Position

Hourly Rates from $15 – $18. An Annual Income equivalent to $31k to 37k. (Potentially higher based on work experience)

$1K potential in bonuses annually

$120 Monthly Stipend: Extra cash for whatever you deem necessary to improve your remote work life! Other writers and editors have used this bonus to cover their various expenses such as internet, health care expenses, contributions to their rent, luxuries for their home office and much more. This bonus is provided as a thanks for your ongoing contributions and loyalty to WebpageFX.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software lifecycle Release Management and Change Management.
• Minimum 5 years of Release Management experience with managing or leading multiple agile and complex technology projects
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing and delivering professional weekly status reports for multiple projects, change management oversight, coordination, and communication, and monthly rhythm of the business presentations that provide project status, issues, risks, mitigation plans, and timelines to senior management
• Roadmap planning the release windows and cycles across a portfolio
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and that they meet or exceed expectations
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with remote-based team members and leadership
• Conduit between multiple vendor PMs to coordinate and facilitate interdependent work efforts at the feature level
• Extensive experience with Visio, MS Project, VSTS, PowerBI, and Microsoft Office
• Ability to create and maintain release schedule and process flows and diagrams
• Lead and coordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment plans and checklists
• Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
• Work with Content Writers to ensure that new features and functionality are documented within the organization’s process and procedures documentation and automation tools
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of managed services developers and business owners

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Release Management: 5 years (Required)

Mommy Poppins is looking for a part-time Deputy Editor to work on our New York City site.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Editing articles written by our team of freelancers
• Updating older posts
• Communicating with local venues about programs and events that we may cover
• Adhering to and communicating house style to others
• Pitching in to assist regional editor where needed across the site
• Writing content as needed, including spot news and reviews of local kid destinations

Requirements:

• At least two years professional online editing experience
• Experience in a CMS, such as WordPress
• Live in NYC (one of the five boroughs)
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Collaborative, can-do attitude, and a great communicator
• Reliable and ability to work autonomously

Other defining qualities: able to write a terrific lede, provide structure to meandering copy, fluent in AP style, and understand general SEO principles and headline writing in the age of Facebook.

How to apply:

• Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter describing why you’re the right fit for this job. Tell us about your favorite NYC destinations and activities for entertaining the kids.
• Please also include five pitches for story ideas within your cover letter. Some of these should be the sort of content we already cover on MommyPoppins.com, but let one or two be a departure—something that shows a hint of a direction you could bring to our site.

This is a work-from-home, freelance position, and the hours are flexible, but the ideal candidate is available during normal business hours to communicate with other editors and writers. Must be available for about 10-15 hours per week.

Job Type: Contract

Experience:

• online editing: 2 years (Required)

Job Location:

• New York, NY (Required)

Reports to

Senior Editor, Home Office, Power, and Hobby Products

We’re looking for a lead editor to cover home office products and software and other tech gear, including but not limited to batteries, USB power products, and solar.

Tasks :
Project manage the creation of new guides, updates, and supplementary content. Works with senior editor and executive editor to develop and execute strategy for the home office section and other tech coverage as needed.

Recruit and assign projects to freelance and staff writers as needed

Coordinate photos and other assets for content.

Write short form and occasional long form content as required.

Pitch ideas for short and long form content

Manage staff writers as direct reports and freelance writers on a per project basis.

Contribute original ideas to test planning, suggest creative reporting strategies, challenge writers’ assumptions

Interact with our reader community through multiple channels, including social, comments, and email.

Requirements :
3+ years of experience working at a media company with a focus on reviews of products or services (not news or blogging) with at least one year of experience managing writers.

Willing to travel occasionally to conferences and company meetings

Network of freelance writers

Network of PR reps

Experience with creating tests for product reviews

Excellent communication skills in a remote work environment

Strong editing skills, ability to rein in projects with big scope

Ability to think creatively about tests

Working conditions

Work from home with a remote team that meets on video regularly. Prefer someone based in New York

Direct reports

Staff writers (2; shared)

Freelance writers

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Looking for a flexible career in copywriting that will allow you to work from anywhere you want? WebpageFX is looking for experienced remote copy editors with an eye for detail and an expert-level command of AP style guildelines.

Details

If you’re seeking a long-term freelance partnership, we’d love to hear from you.

Work on a variety of content types from from blog posts to sales copy to longer, informative guides.

You’ll get to edit content for a wide range of clients spanning across hundreds of industries, subject matters, and styles.

Enjoy a flexible schedule working through your assignments from the comfort of home.

Help others hone and develop their talents as writers by providing constructive feedback.

Desired Skills

WebpageFX welcomes editors across all industries to apply. Particularly, we are frequently on the lookout for editors with an understanding of the construction, manufacturing, and medical industries.

WebpageFX values editors who possess stellar communication skills, flexibility, and availability.

Our content aims to capture the style and tone of each business that we work with. WebpageFX looks for editors who are eager to understand a business’s unique style and tone.

Our Editing Team Values

Our philosophy: Learn something new every day. Always do your best. Dive into the editing process with purpose and passion. And double-check!

Our inspiration: Editing is like an extreme sport: No step is too small to notice, but the end result is exhilarating. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt

Our standard: Personal pride for the work we complete and a desire to fulfill an important role in a creative process.

Our goal: Complete tasks quickly yet accurately. Search for new approaches and share industry knowledge. Be awesome editors and even better people.

Our mission: To take well-written and thought-out stories — and make them better! Understand all forms of content and the purpose of that content. Know the right voice, tone, and information required to make that content successful. Polish all content types with supportive links, proper grammar, and crisp style.

Training

If your application is considered, the next step involves moving through our paid development program, the “Editing Bootcamp.” The Bootcamp itself will take only a few hours. Following your initial training, you may be asked to complete several paid trial assignments. These assignments will allow us to get a feel for your proficiency to execute on AP Style guidelines as well as provide feedback to writers on producing an engaging and working style to determine if there’s a good match.

To Apply

Fill out form to Apply Now

or contact us at: 717-745-7132 or

We’ll need to see your resume, writing interests, and at least five sample written works (either PDF or web links).

When filling out the form, please include your resume and writing samples by linking to the live content, your portfolio, or a hosting site with your documents. Please do not paste entire sample pieces into the sample field.

When applying by email, please include a summary of topics and industries you enjoy or have experience writing about with your application.