Freelance Editor
Job Description
We’re looking to contract 1-2 freelance editors with excellent editorial and organizational skills to be part of our growing team. You’ll be responsible for on-time delivery of publication-ready content that is error-free and fully optimized for SEO. You’ll maintain a high bar of excellence for each piece of content that gets your stamp of approval, and your name and bio will appear on every page you edit.
About You
You will review a minimum of 8 articles @ 1,500-3,000 words per article per week. Some specifics we’re looking for:
- Has experience with home finance, solar energy, and/or insurance (travel, life, home, renters etc)
- Strong knowledge of AP Style and grammar
- Strong knowledge of SEO
- Has superb attention to detail
- Is tech-savvy (i.e., understands Google Docs, can work off a Google Sheet, etc)
Compensation
We offer competitive compensation based on experience. We can accommodate a per-article or per-word payment structure. This is a longterm role with opportunities to expand as needed.
Do You Need To Have Experience With the Above Categories?
It is not required that you have experience with home finance, solar energy, and/or insurance (travel, life, home, renters, etc.). However, we strongly prefer candidates who have either worked in these industries or who have edited content these categories in the past.
We have a high editorial standard, to ensure the content we publish meets and exceeds the expectations of our readers through "actionable insights" our readers can take away as value for consuming our content, so subject matter expertse is extremely valuable.
Please include any experience you feel would be relevant for your application.
About Us
Home Solutions is part of the Three Ships family of digital businesses. Three Ships started as a digital agency in 2009, and today encompasses businesses in the Home, Auto, Legal, and Health industries with a collective goal of simplifying the ways people discover, research, and buy..
We have a proven playbook and are looking for an entrepreneurial leader to apply it to new uncharted areas. You will have a front-row seat to build and grow a business and there is no cap on growth, promotions, or the opportunity to own and put your stamp on important projects.
Here at Three Ships, we are a mighty team with subject matter experts in creative, branding, content strategy, SEO, paid media, and more. The opportunity to grow and learn new skills is endless. Bottom line, at Three Ships, we have a high bar for excellence, but also a real interest in each other and making work fun. We’re excited to have you see what we’re all about firsthand.
About Home Solutions
- Launched Fall 2017
- Home Solutions targets the rapidly digitizing home services vertical
- Home Solutions matches homeowners with the right service provider to meet their needs.
- Through our websites and partners, Home Solutions has a proprietary audience of 47M+ homeowners and prime real estate in search engines.
- We have created a whole class and layer of guides, reviews, and ratings that are “best on the Internet” and editorially independent.
- We use this audience to help leading home services brands acquire new customers.