Senior Editor

Perplexity
San Francisco, New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 210,000 - 290,000 annuallyFunction: Content & Editorial (Writing/Editing)Experience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Mentoring","Judgment","Accountability","Clarity","Adaptability"]

Lead the quality and velocity of everything the company publishes, setting an editorial bar for excellence across audiences and channels. Own end-to-end editorial quality, enforce the company voice, and plan/manage a fast-moving editorial calendar. You’ll edit at multiple levels—from developmental editing to line-level copy editing—while mentoring writers and building editorial systems, including style guides and workflows.

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Perplexity
Perplexity
2 months ago

Senior Editor

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Job Summary

Lead the quality and velocity of everything the company publishes, setting an editorial bar for excellence across audiences and channels. Own end-to-end editorial quality, enforce the company voice, and plan/manage a fast-moving editorial calendar. You’ll edit at multiple levels—from developmental editing to line-level copy editing—while mentoring writers and building editorial systems, including style guides and workflows.
Location: San Francisco, New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Content & Editorial (Writing/Editing)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own editorial quality end to end and reject mediocrity.
  • •Demand clarity and ensure accuracy while enforcing the company voice so everything sounds consistent.
  • •Plan and manage the editorial calendar, prioritizing and running production for a fast-moving pipeline.
  • •Edit across levels (editorial vision, developmental editing, and line-level copy editing) and deliver feedback that improves writers and writing.
  • •Mentor, elevate, and attract excellent writers, and build editorial systems including style guides and workflows.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 290,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership with a strong body of published or edited work.
  • •Ability to adapt tone and voice for different channels or audiences.
  • •Strong competence across the editorial stack: developmental editing, copy editing, content planning, and managing production.
  • •Demonstrated track record mentoring writers and improving a team’s output.
  • •Comfort using AI tools and clearly explaining how they’re incorporated into workflows.
Experience:7+ years
Skills:MentoringJudgmentAccountabilityClarityAdaptability
Tech Stack:AI tools

Company Brief

Perplexity
Perplexity AI provides an AI-powered answer engine that returns conversational, citation-backed answers to user queries and offers Pro/Enterprise products and APIs for research, knowledge work, and search augmentation.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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