Top Editor Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Leads Wall Street Journal coverage of artificial intelligence, venture capital, and the race for superintelligence. Manages technology reporters, develops tips into scoops and investigative projects, builds sourcing networks, balances breaking news with enterprise journalism, and collaborates across global bureaus and media formats. Requires substantial journalism experience, direct AI, technology, or venture capital editing experience, strong line-editing and storytelling skills, and proven editorial management capabilities.

Edit documentary-style, branded, commercial, product, event, and social video content from raw footage through final delivery. Build emotionally engaging narratives, manage ingest and media organization, create graphics and motion elements, and oversee sound, color, versioning, archiving, and exports. Collaborate with filmmakers, marketers, leadership, and creative partners; maintain high editorial standards; identify additional content opportunities; and help improve visual language and post-production workflows.

Provides English-to-Korean legal translation and/or editing for judicial and legal materials on a remote, freelance basis. The role requires accurate legal terminology, native-level writing in both languages, knowledge of U.S. legal and judicial terminology, CAT tool experience, strong organization, and deadline management. Assignments are ongoing and on demand, totaling approximately 10 to 15 hours per week, with general weekday availability during Eastern Time business hours.

Edit short-form paid social ads and long-form property content using supplied footage. Responsibilities include assembling and testing ad variations, improving audio, adding captions, motion graphics, B-roll, music, and sound effects, producing YouTube videos and property walkthroughs, and formatting content for multiple aspect ratios. The editor must work independently, meet daily deadlines, communicate progress, and support related marketing tasks.

Drafts, edits, formats, and reviews policies, procedures, reports, inquiries, and executive communications for a federal agency. Manages document approval and clearance processes, conducts policy research, supports FOIA and congressional responses, coordinates stakeholder reviews, and maintains document and knowledge management processes. The role also supports interagency coordination, briefing materials, talking points, and special projects.

Copyedit and proofread healthcare marketing, event, print, digital, and agency materials for accuracy, style, brand consistency, and compliance. Apply AMA and AP style, medical and legal review guidelines, and pharmaceutical promotion requirements. Use AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT to improve editorial consistency and throughput while validating all output. Review Adobe Acrobat proofs, provide constructive copy feedback, and manage multiple deadline-driven assignments.

Leads Law.com’s California and West Coast coverage by setting editorial priorities, managing and coaching reporters, editing breaking news and enterprise journalism, developing data-driven content, overseeing newsletters and recurring initiatives, and representing the publication within the legal community. The role also produces articles, analysis, interviews, podcasts, and event programming while coordinating regional and national newsroom efforts.

Create and manage digital-first video content across web, social, and CTV. Responsibilities include concept development, storyboarding, filming, editing, motion graphics, animation, agency direction, and end-to-end project ownership. The role translates complex ideas into engaging visual stories, manages multiple productions, improves workflows with AI-enabled tools, and maintains brand and design quality across campaigns and platforms.

Publishes and edits fast-moving business, financial, and economic news for professional investors. Monitors feeds, writes flash headlines and concise market updates, prioritizes live newsflow, assigns coverage, coordinates editors, and ensures accuracy under intense deadlines. Handles economic indicators, newsroom metadata and publishing systems, and editorial QA for automation and GenAI pilots while maintaining ethical and stylistic standards.

Creates, edits, optimizes, and publishes digital news content for Newsweek. Responsibilities include copy-editing, headline and multimedia review, original reporting, image and video sourcing, audience analytics, SEO and social optimization, reporter feedback, and meeting tight newsroom deadlines.

Edit, proofread, and occasionally write accurate, consistent, on-brand copy across websites, emails, digital advertising, ecommerce content, and hospitality communications. Develop subject lines and preview text, collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage deliverables and deadlines, maintain style guides, conduct pre-launch quality assurance, and audit content for brand alignment.

Reviews, edits, and quality-checks informed consent forms for regulatory and organizational compliance. Applies sponsor and site language, collaborates with IRB stakeholders, mentors editors, attends IRB meetings, maintains human-subjects research knowledge, and supports process improvements. The role requires managing multiple editing projects while ensuring accuracy, clarity, and adherence to U.S. and Canadian clinical research regulations and guidelines.

The Managing Editor leads daily newsroom operations, editorial workflow, story assignments, editing, fact-checking, and publication standards. The role manages editors, reporters, freelancers, calendars, budgets, hiring, and performance feedback while partnering with the Editor-in-Chief on strategy. Responsibilities also include coordinating with audience, social, video, and development teams, tracking editorial output and impact, and supporting investigative journalism focused on factory farming and related environmental, public health, labor, and rural community issues.

Edit and produce shortform videos for YouTube Shorts and other platforms, collaborating with creators, researchers, and engineers to identify stories, develop concepts, capture footage, publish content, and iterate based on audience reception. The role owns the editing process and requires strong video-editing experience, creative vision, sound judgment, and alignment with the organization’s mission.

Associate Editor will help build the Ideas section by finding and cultivating contributors, managing submissions, commissioning and editing opinion and commentary pieces, and collaborating with the newsroom. The role covers San Francisco and California politics, culture, technology, and related issues. The editor will evaluate pitches, shape arguments and writing, manage deadlines, and contribute original reporting and writing as capacity allows.

Writes and edits accurate, accessible criminal and DUI legal content for consumer websites. Uses AI-enhanced editorial workflows, updates content for accuracy and style, collaborates with and trains freelance writers, and contributes to books, social media, and other legal content. Requires a law degree, at least two years of criminal or DUI practice, strong writing and editing skills, and the ability to explain complex legal issues to nonlawyers.

Freelance remote translator and copy editor translating English content into Hebrew for marketing, UI, product, support, informational, and light legal materials. The role requires native or near-native Hebrew, excellent English, professional translation experience, CAT tool proficiency, strong attention to detail, reliability, responsiveness, and the ability to meet deadlines and incorporate feedback.

Edit short-form video advertisements for TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts. Transform scripts and concepts into polished videos using captions, motion graphics, animation, sound design, visual effects, stock footage, and AI-generated assets. Collaborate with creative and marketing teams, optimize content for multiple platforms, monitor trends, manage multiple projects, and deliver high-quality work on schedule.

The Standards Editor will uphold The Wall Street Journal’s reporting, style, fairness, and ethics standards. Responsibilities include pre-publication review of high-impact journalism, advising reporters and editors with media attorneys, resolving post-publication issues, adjudicating disputes, and protecting readers’ interests. The role requires extensive journalism experience, high-level editing and management expertise, strong news judgment, fairness, and thorough knowledge of the Journal’s standards and processes.

Edit founder-led short-form videos for YouTube and social channels, transforming scripts and footage into visually compelling stories. Responsibilities include motion graphics, typography, UI treatments, sourced footage, music, sound design, pacing, and retention-focused editing. The editor will collaborate directly with leadership, develop Snowball’s editing language, source creative assets, incorporate feedback, and independently deliver polished content that builds the brand and generates business.

Edit provided footage into clean, engaging videos and create simple graphics. Post consistently, maintain an authentic Muslim-inspired style, collaborate with the team, and accept feedback.

Plans and oversees multimedia editorial projects for high school educational products, coordinating authors, vendors, freelancers, and internal teams. Manages schedules, budgets, workflows, content quality, and stakeholder communications. Evaluates user needs and platform functionality, supports marketing and sales materials, and improves editorial processes through AI and automation. The role also recruits and manages external contributors, assesses project status, and promotes products through conferences and presentations.

Copyedit and proofread healthcare marketing, live event, agency, digital, and print materials. Apply AMA and AP style, brand, legal, medical, and pharmaceutical compliance requirements. Use AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT for consistency checks, draft refinement, and markup workflows while validating all output. Review PDFs and final artwork in Adobe Acrobat Pro, provide constructive editorial feedback, and manage multiple deadline-driven assignments.

Translates Punjabi and English official documents, including legal records, certificates, vital records, and academic transcripts. Reviews and edits translations for accuracy, grammar, formatting, and consistency while maintaining confidentiality and meeting quick turnaround deadlines. Works independently on an as-needed freelance basis, follows client instructions, and delivers client-ready materials in standard document formats.

Edit and fact-check content across blogs, Help Center materials, changelogs, case studies, PR, newsletters, product updates, and UI text. Maintain consistent brand voice, improve clarity and tone, optimize content for AI answers, and write original editorial pieces. The role requires native English fluency, strong editing and writing experience, portfolio evidence, sound editorial judgment, ownership, and comfort working at startup speed.