Editor

Pillar4 Media • ,

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Editor will join Pillar4 Media’s fast-growing Health team and support one of the company’s strategic partners. The role edits product reviews, roundups, informational stories, and related materials to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions. The Editor ensures content is authentic, engaging, informative, accurate, and optimized for search, while coordinating with editorial, SEO, internal stakeholders, external partners, writers, subject-matter experts, medical reviewers, and fact checkers across health-related categories.

The Editor supports editorial calendar production, transforms drafts into polished content, develops expertise in products and testing methods, and applies editorial judgment to improve quality, usefulness, and performance. The role balances SEO and conversion goals with readability, editorial integrity, brand voice, and consumer needs; flags unsupported or potentially misleading claims; follows AP style and applicable editorial and partner standards; and prioritizes work according to audience value, deadlines, partner commitments, revenue opportunities, and editorial strategy.

The position also recruits and manages freelance contributors, provides direction and feedback to staff writers and contractors, develops internal editing and QA documentation, and serves as a day-to-day editorial partner to external stakeholders. It translates partner feedback and business priorities into editorial guidance, manages stakeholder feedback and expectations, participates in planning and performance discussions, and provides visibility into content status and risks. The Editor may format and publish content in the CMS, including platforms such as WordPress and Adobe Experience Management, and ensures content is partner-ready before publication.

Pillar4 Media describes itself as a digital media company operating brands in sleep, fitness, nutrition, and mental health. The role is remote in the listed states: Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company states that it does not sponsor new applicants for employment authorization and that offers are subject to a background check.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of digital editing or content-production experience; health-content experience is preferred.
• Experience leading editorial assignments or projects from initial planning through publication.
• Experience working with editors, SEO professionals, revenue teams, medical reviewers, subject-matter experts, or external business partners.
• Familiarity working alongside fact checkers and medical reviewers to ensure content accuracy.
• Strong working knowledge of AP style.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, shifting priorities, and overlapping deadlines.
• Strong editing and editorial-strategy background and passion for editing.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while balancing multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Openness to feedback and collaboration with internal and external teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, English, or a related field preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing content directly for an external brand, client, advertiser, or strategic partner.
• Familiarity with affiliate commerce, lead-generation content, product comparison methodologies, or conversion-focused publishing.
• Experience participating in product testing or developing standardized testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with digital analytics, content-performance metrics, keyword-research tools, or SEO platforms.
• Experience working in a fast-paced digital media, publishing, agency, or portfolio-brand environment.
• Familiarity with regulated, medically sensitive, or consumer-trust-focused content categories.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or providing editorial feedback to other editors.

Responsibilities

• Edit product reviews, roundups, informational stories, and related materials for accuracy, engagement, usefulness, and search optimization.
• Support editorial calendar production and transform early-stage drafts into polished finished content.
• Coordinate and workshop content with editorial and SEO teams to meet editorial and marketing goals.
• Develop understanding of products being reviewed, their features and benefits, and how they are tested.
• Apply editorial judgment and strategic thinking to improve content quality, usefulness, and performance.
• Balance SEO and conversion-rate optimization with readability, editorial integrity, brand voice, and consumer usefulness.
• Use testing data to shape product-review content and flag unsupported claims, misleading language, or information requiring additional review.
• Follow AP style, internal editorial guidelines, partner-specific requirements, and established content standards.
• Prioritize assignments based on audience value, publishing deadlines, partner commitments, revenue opportunity, and editorial strategy.
• Recruit and manage freelance subject-matter expert writers, medical reviewers, fact checkers, and industry experts.
• Manage and coach staff writers and freelancers, providing direction, communication, feedback, and follow-through.
• Support collaboration and strong relationships across internal and external contributors.
• Develop internal documentation, including editing and QA checklists.
• Serve as a day-to-day editorial partner to assigned external stakeholders and learn their voice, style, audience, terminology, goals, and brand requirements.
• Translate partner feedback and business priorities into actionable editorial direction and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Identify potential misalignment, ask clarifying questions, and confirm expectations before significant content development.
• Reconcile partner preferences, audience needs, SEO recommendations, and internal editorial requirements with writers and external editors.
• Provide visibility into content status, open questions, dependencies, and delivery risks; participate in partner meetings, planning, reviews, and performance conversations as needed.
• Format and publish content in the CMS as needed, including working with WordPress and Adobe Experience Management.
• Ensure content is partner-ready and meets voice, formatting, editorial, and optimization requirements before publication.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits, including health insurance and a 401(k).
• Monthly wellness stipend that may be used for house cleaning, gym membership, grocery delivery, or massages.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Base salary and performance-based bonus commensurate with experience.
• Career growth, promotion, and ownership opportunities.
• Opportunities to participate in quarterly community initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level