Top Editor Jobs in Chicago, IL

Creates performance-driven creative for paid social, YouTube, demand generation, email, and CTV campaigns. Develops video and image advertising assets, collaborates with growth and marketing teams, manages creative workflows, iterates rapidly based on testing, monitors industry trends, and maintains brand consistency while optimizing creative performance in a fast-paced e-commerce environment.

Develops and edits print and digital content for medical education and clinical practice audiences. Manages high-volume product development projects, budgets, schedules, vendors, authors, and subject matter experts. Evaluates content quality, market viability, performance metrics, digital resources, and compliance with editorial, legal, and ethical standards. Collaborates cross-functionally to improve workflows, optimize content for digital delivery, resolve scope and quality issues, and deliver products on time and within budget.

Research and verify national, international, and political news stories; gather video, audio, photos, and user-generated content; coordinate with field teams on live coverage; monitor competing broadcasts and digital platforms; assist with transmission bookings, rights and clearances, and editorial logistics. The role requires strong writing, organization, communication, flexibility, and willingness to work extended, modified, weekday, and holiday shifts.

Man the national assignment desk, identify and verify major news stories, coordinate coverage with correspondents and field teams, gather multimedia elements, monitor social and competitive broadcasts, clear user-generated content, support live feeds, and communicate rights restrictions. The role requires newsroom judgment, strong writing and organization, source outreach, editorial coordination, and flexibility for varied shifts, weekends, holidays, and breaking-news demands.

Lead editorial planning and daily coverage for commercial real estate news across Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Chicago. Manage reporters and freelancers, assign and edit articles, newsletters, and briefs, and oversee long-term packages and special projects. The role requires strong news judgment, storytelling, team development, recruiting, CMS experience, and basic SEO knowledge, with a focus on high-quality, engaging journalism.

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.

Produce, write, film, and edit promotional content for a television network, specializing in high-end image promos, sizzle reels, visual effects, compositing, and color grading. Collaborate with creative teams to develop campaigns, coordinate shoots and voiceover sessions, supervise graphic production, and deliver projects within deadlines and budgets.

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.

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.

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.

Assists the editor in chief by proofreading and selecting articles for publication, co-managing 3–5 writers, scheduling press releases, and maintaining the organization’s social media marketing presence. The role is remote, unpaid, and intended for candidates pursuing journalism or media-related education or with relevant experience.

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.

The Northeast Regional Editor coordinates coverage between NPR, regional hubs, and member stations; edits and fact-checks audio, digital, and broadcast content; leads breaking-news responses; integrates stories across shows and platforms; tracks regional news trends; mentors journalists; promotes inclusive sourcing; and manages freelancer agreements, commissions, payments, and newsroom workflows.

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.

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.

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 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.

The Senior Editor develops, edits, and produces reports, articles, newsletters, op-eds, executive communications, and other storytelling content focused on energy and climate. The role translates complex research into accessible narratives, shapes editorial and content strategies, advises leaders and subject matter experts, uses audience insights and performance data, ensures digital and SEO standards, collaborates cross-functionally, and mentors colleagues. The position is remote within the continental United States with occasional travel.

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.