Copy Editor, Vox.com

WHO WE ARE

Vox candidly shepherds audiences through politics and policy, business and pop culture, food, science, and everything else that matters.

Vox 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.

The Vox style and standards team is the last line of defense before our work goes out to our audience. We’re dedicated to ensuring all of our work meets the highest standards of clarity, accuracy, and fairness.

The copy editor will be responsible for copy editing and fact-checking Vox content (text, videos, graphics, social copy, and other materials as needed) to ensure it meets our high editorial standards of clarity, accuracy, inclusivity, and sensitivity, as well as being free of typos and grammatical errors and adhering to Vox style. This editor will also weigh in on critical decisions about our content to ensure the work we publish reflects our goals of quality and ambition. They will work across the network to ensure that our work finds a wide audience through engagement strategy, strong headlines, and homepage placement. 

We expect them to have at least four years of copy editing experience, preferably at a digital-first news organization. This is a full-time role that can be remote.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Copy edit Vox content for grammar, spelling, punctuation, house style, and editorial standards of clarity, sensitivity, and fairness.
• Thoroughly fact-check certain stories, assessing all claims, data, quotes, statistics, and sources to ensure they are correct and supported by reliable evidence.
• Use discretion and independent judgment to determine whether articles meet our standard for publication and flag potential issues to senior team members. 
• Read, evaluate, and edit all unpublished works using the following criteria: 
• Clarity and accuracy
• Adherence to best practices with regard to sensitivity and inclusivity, legal liability, and inflammatory language
• Proper Vox style, spelling, and grammar
• Assist senior team members in setting publishing standards: 
• Identify stylistic issues or inconsistencies and discuss with the team to determine a solution 
• Assist with fact-checking, crafting display copy, image choice, and other duties
• Learn Vox style inside and out and serve as an expert adviser for staff, including answering questions in the Style and Standards channel 

WHO YOU ARE

• 4+ years’ experience in copy editing, preferably for a digital-first news organization
• Experience in fact-checking news stories
• An eagle eye for mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• A commitment to the highest journalistic standards of accuracy, clarity, and sensitivity/inclusivity
• The ability to work quickly and collaboratively under tight deadlines amid a busy news environment
• Familiarity with AP style a plus

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’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is remote. 

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.

This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East

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 ([email protected]).

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.