Top Editor Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Lead end-to-end video production for high-quality customer case studies, interviews, and product demos: edit long-form narrative films, manage assembly, pacing, sound design, and color grading in DaVinci Resolve, and shoot on location or in-studio as a hybrid shooter-editor.

Translates and edits Korean-to-English vital records, legal documents, official certificates, and academic transcripts for a U.S. government client. The contractor must maintain excellent formatting, meet one- to two-day deadlines, provide per-word rates, accept assignments as needed, and communicate reliably with the team. Work is remote and ongoing, requiring U.S. citizenship and completion of a Tier 1 background investigation with fingerprinting.

Shape the Wall Street Journal’s newsletter voice, edit flagship and personality-led newsletters, coach reporters in conversational digital writing, and improve reader engagement through audience feedback, open rates, subject lines, formats, and copy iteration.

Create graphic and short-form video content for music artists and campaigns, including Instagram carousels, Reels, TikToks, YouTube Shorts, memes, promotional assets, and trend-based content. Adapt designs to artist identities and brand guidelines, contribute creative ideas, monitor social media trends, and collaborate with the creative and marketing teams across multiple projects.

Lead end-to-end post-production for high-volume social and corporate video content, from raw footage through final delivery. Edit narratives, audio, color, motion graphics, and branded packaging while meeting platform-specific requirements. Collaborate with creative, graphics, and production teams, incorporate feedback, develop templates, explore Google generative AI tools, manage deadlines, and mentor junior editors.

Edit user-generated content to meet editorial standards, provide feedback and coaching to creators, manage Discord community engagement, moderate content and comments, curate high-potential posts, and use traffic and engagement data to guide editorial decisions. Collaborate with audience and editorial teams on creator initiatives, publishing strategy, onboarding, education, and special projects.

Edit and deliver high-volume social, corporate, advertising, and short-form video content from footage ingestion through final delivery. Optimize edits for TikTok, X, Reels, YouTube, and LinkedIn, applying platform-specific formats, compression, aspect ratios, and templates. Collaborate with creative and graphics teams, incorporate stakeholder feedback, use generative AI tools, and manage multiple time-sensitive projects while maintaining brand consistency and quality.

Volunteer Associate Editor reviewing ecological and evolutionary research code for clarity, completeness, accessibility, documentation, testing, responsible data handling, and alignment with journal standards. The role involves supporting authors, promoting open and ethical science, following editorial workflows, meeting deadlines, and communicating clearly. It is remote, part-time, institution-based, and expected to average approximately two hours per month over a three-year term.

Commission, write, edit, proofread, and publish 2–3 applied ecology blog posts monthly. Promote content through social media, support research-summary copy-editing, identify new content opportunities, participate in monthly planning meetings, and occasionally promote the journal at conferences or workshops. The role requires strong scientific communication, organization, networking, and independent working skills.

Edit long-form Islamic research manuscripts by strengthening structure, arguments, clarity, tone, transitions, and accessibility while preserving author voice. Identify research gaps, weak evidence, repetition, and substantive errors; verify citations and engage Islamic scholarship. Collaborate with authors, scholars, peer reviewers, and copyediting teams through iterative revisions, managing assigned work to project timelines and organizational standards.

Review and QA AI-assisted SEO content for B2B clients, catch factual and technical issues, publish 3–5 articles daily across CMSs, optimise on-page elements, maintain QA logs, and improve content workflows to sustain high client approval.

Lead editorial review and compliance for Citi Research publications, ensuring FINRA compliance, quality, clarity, and risk mitigation across written, audio, video, and data formats. Manage editorial workflow, liaise with analysts, product, compliance and technical teams, verify disclosures and tagging, escalate control issues, and apply internal research content guidelines to ensure timely, accurate global distribution.

Lead content strategy and editorial operations for a digital magazine and web content: commission, write/edit, manage a multimedia editorial team, own P&L, grow advertising and sponsorship revenue, oversee design and digital publishing, hire and develop staff, and represent the magazine at industry events.

Edit YouTube-first videos end-to-end: assemble stories for retention, create in-edit motion graphics, design thumbnails, collaborate with producers and strategists, iterate using performance data, and manage multiple edits efficiently.

Manage and optimize digital advertising campaigns across web and mobile platforms, analyze performance data, maintain reporting dashboards and flight calendars, implement and test ad products/integrations, coordinate with sales, and drive revenue and advertiser experience improvements.

Edit short- and long-form entertainment videos from raw footage through final delivery. Collaborate with producers on story structure, pacing, emotional impact, sound, graphics, captions, and visual flow. Adapt content for multiple platforms and formats while maintaining brand standards, asset attribution, and quality. Manage revisions, deadlines, audience feedback, and performance insights to improve future edits. Occasional weekend work may be required for timely stories.

Edit short-form and long-form digital videos from raw footage through final delivery. Collaborate with producers on story structure, pacing, emotional impact, graphics, captions, sound design, and platform adaptations. Select footage, interviews, music, and visual elements while maintaining brand standards, attribution, and quality. Manage revisions, deadlines, performance feedback, and multiple edits, staying current with video trends and creative tools. Occasional weekend work may be required for timely stories.

Lead US news and politics editorial coverage, including breaking news, elections, analysis, commentary, and major current affairs. Plan coverage, assign and edit stories, mentor writers and sub-editors, maintain accuracy and fairness, monitor audience analytics, improve editorial strategy, and support recruitment and team development. The role owns the quality, consistency, and performance of the editorial team during regular and high-impact news cycles.

Researches, writes, edits, and fact-checks space and astronomy news, features, explainers, and social media content. Simplifies complex scientific studies and press releases for broad audiences while preserving accuracy and citations. Collaborates with writers and senior editors, pitches content, publishes across digital platforms, tracks space-industry developments, and interviews subject-matter experts. The role also uses CMS, SEO, Canva, digital publishing workflows, and basic video editing tools.

Edit short- and long-form digital news and political videos from raw footage through final delivery. Responsibilities include shaping stories, selecting footage, adding sound, graphics, captions, transitions, and creating platform-specific versions. The role requires editorial accuracy, copyright awareness, audience-retention analysis, collaboration with producers, and responsiveness to breaking news and tight deadlines.

Lead Hollywood and entertainment editorial coverage across news, analysis, commentary, explainers, and reporting. Plan coverage, assign and edit stories, mentor writers and sub-editors, maintain accuracy and editorial standards, monitor audience analytics, improve performance, support recruiting, and coordinate priorities during breaking news and major industry events.

The Video Editor will create and optimize engaging video content for various platforms, focusing on retention and storytelling, while collaborating with the team and experimenting with content strategy.

Lead GEO and AI search optimization to increase Databricks' visibility and citations across AI answer engines and organic search. Build experimentation programs, publish AI-citable technical content, maintain technical SEO health (schema, crawlability, Core Web Vitals), and partner cross-functionally to drive traffic, conversions, and pipeline while delivering executive reporting and a repeatable GEO playbook.

Perform copyediting, fact checking, proofreading, and checking changes for promotional, digital, and medical communications. Ensure adherence to AMA, client, and house style guides, validate references, evaluate layouts, and update brand style guides as needed. Provide general editorial support in a fast-paced agency environment.

Lead editorial production for client-sponsored and client-adjacent medical content from concept through delivery. Manage freelancers and KOLs, ensure AMA-style medical rigor and regulatory integrity, collaborate with Client Services and Sales, surface risks, and build workflows, templates, and standards as the Content Studio scales.