Top Editor Jobs in Chicago, IL

Edit and fact-check content across blogs, Help Center materials, changelogs, case studies, PR, newsletters, product updates, and UI text. Maintain consistent brand voice, improve clarity and tone, optimize content for AI answers, and write original editorial pieces. The role requires native English fluency, strong editing and writing experience, portfolio evidence, sound editorial judgment, ownership, and comfort working at startup speed.

Edit 4–8 long-form YouTube videos monthly, including vlogs, docu-series, and interviews, from raw footage through final export. Own narrative structure, viewer retention, color correction, audio mixing, formatting, thumbnails, and chapter markers. Manage production workflows in ClickUp and Google Drive, track YouTube analytics, run creative experiments, meet deadlines independently, and communicate risks early.

Edit one long-form podcast video and one audio episode weekly, managing multi-camera assembly, story editing, color grading, sound mixing, B-roll, motion graphics, mastering, and delivery. Develop visual storytelling and brand insertions, analyze YouTube retention data, organize assets, meet rapid deadlines, and propose creative experiments that improve audience retention and performance.

Edit 20–30 short-form videos monthly for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Responsibilities include finding compelling moments in raw footage, shaping stories under 60 seconds, adding motion graphics, kinetic text, music, and sound design, analyzing trends and performance data, mining content libraries, and proposing creative concepts. The editor must deliver high-volume work on time, minimize revisions, and create viral-ready clips aligned with the organization’s Christian mission.

Freelance Video Editor responsible for transforming raw footage into polished long-form, podcast, and short-form content across major social platforms. The role requires strong storytelling, pacing, audience-retention judgment, organized project files, collaborative communication, and proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro. Editors will use performance insights, platform trends, and AI-assisted workflows to improve content quality and production efficiency. This is a remote, on-demand contract engagement with variable monthly workload.

Own Airbnb’s brand voice and editorial guidelines while shaping AI-assisted content production. Train and evaluate language models, review AI-generated copy, establish scalable editorial QA processes, and translate brand standards into prompts and training examples. Partner with Marketing Technology, Legal, Trust, and Localization teams to develop editorial tools, ensure global consistency, mentor creative talent, and maintain high standards for brand-accurate language across marketing and product surfaces.

Manage the day-to-day production of local buyers guides from research through publication. Assign and review editorial work, conduct local business research, verify facts and sources, perform final quality assurance, and provide actionable feedback. Identify content gaps, recurring quality issues, and workflow improvements while maintaining high-volume production standards. Collaborate with content, SEO, data, and engineering teams to improve accuracy, efficiency, and consumer usefulness.

Own creative video edits from concept through delivery, shaping documentaries, campaign films, and social content into compelling narratives. Select footage, develop structure and pacing, and apply music, sound design, graphics, typography, and color grading. Collaborate with communications, creative, and marketing teams; bring contemporary references and trends; explain editorial decisions to leadership; and create motion graphics and titles in After Effects.

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.

Create motion graphics, animations, and edited video content for Motorola Solutions’ technology and brand storytelling. Develop visual concepts, storyboards, cinematic films, UI/UX simulations, 3D device animations, and social content. Collaborate with product experts, leadership, marketers, and cross-functional teams while following brand guidelines. Manage multiple projects, adapt to shifting priorities, and deliver polished assets under tight deadlines using advanced editing, motion design, 3D, and post-production skills.

Leads Newsweek’s U.S. news desk, making high-stakes editorial decisions, assigning and prioritizing coverage, rewriting breaking and enterprise stories, reporting when needed, enforcing newsroom standards, mentoring journalists, and collaborating with audience teams. The role requires strong news judgment, speed, precision, legal and political awareness, and the ability to improve coverage in real time under pressure.

Develop and edit evidence-based nursing and allied health educational content while managing accreditation applications, renewals, and compliance. The role interprets ANCC and California Board of Registered Nursing requirements, guides content strategy, leads editorial review cycles, recruits subject matter experts, and analyzes learner feedback. Candidates should bring substantial clinical writing and editing experience, accreditation expertise, nursing knowledge, and strong stakeholder and project management skills.

Conceptualize, produce, and edit news-driven videos including documentaries, interviews, explainers, and opinion pieces. Collaborate with reporters and producers on scripts, visuals, and story structure; create motion graphics; source and organize media; select music and sound effects; manage multiple projects; and meet publishing deadlines across social platforms.

Support website content editing, formatting, and publishing. Update job listings and resources, optimize content for SEO and accessibility, test site functionality, integrate multimedia, and collaborate with marketing to maintain brand voice and improve usability.

Remote unpaid video-editing internship: edit and assemble raw footage into polished content, add transitions, color correction, sound design, graphics and captions, adapt assets for social platforms, manage multiple projects, iterate on stakeholder feedback, and organize media libraries while collaborating with marketing and creative teams.

Provides Khmer-to-English and English-to-Khmer translation and editing for official documents, including vital records, legal documents, certificates, and academic transcripts. Reviews accuracy, grammar, formatting, and consistency; protects confidential information; follows client instructions; and meets deadlines, including one-to-two-day turnaround requirements. This remote freelance role is assigned on an as-needed basis and requires independent work, U.S. citizenship, and completion of a Tier 1 background investigation.

Edit engaging video content for Beast Industries, making creative decisions that maximize audience retention across digital platforms. Applicants must submit a video they personally edited and screen-record a concise walkthrough explaining their editing choices, rationale, and potential improvements. Submissions should be hosted via an accessible unlisted YouTube or Loom link and kept to five minutes or less.

Owns video post-production from raw footage through final delivery, including narrative editing, audio mixing, color correction, sound design, and integration of music, graphics, captions, and animation. Collaborates with producers, motion designers, project managers, and creative leads to meet brand and audience goals. Manages deadlines, file organization, review feedback, and creative process improvements. Requires an editing reel, 3+ years of professional experience, evangelical church involvement, and occasional travel to Nashville.

Create high-volume, platform-native social videos from conception through delivery. Edit original, UGC, and creator footage; develop hooks, narratives, motion graphics, subtitles, sound design, and multiple channel-specific variants. Manage project files, assets, feedback, versioning, and technical standards while collaborating with channel managers. Use audience performance data, testing, new tools, and AI-enabled workflows to improve creative quality, retention, and production efficiency.

Edit high-volume short-form video ads for Meta placements and other channels, transforming briefs and raw footage into conversion-focused content. Responsibilities include hook-first editing, pacing, captions, sound design, motion graphics, color correction, resizing, reframing, localization, and rapid revisions. The editor will produce approximately 30 concepts monthly while collaborating with creative leadership and maintaining brand standards across paid social, organic social, websites, email, UGC, and retargeting content.

The Editor maintains brand editorial quality across pharmaceutical agency projects by developing style guides, proofreading, fact-checking, reviewing promotional materials for accuracy and compliance, and advising colleagues on editorial standards. The role requires managing multiple deadlines, training teammates, conducting secondary research, protecting project quality, and collaborating with copy, art, project management, and client service teams.

Provides Burmese-to-English or English-to-Burmese translation and editing for official documents, including vital records, legal documents, certificates, and academic transcripts. Responsibilities include ensuring accuracy, grammar, formatting, consistency, confidentiality, and compliance with client instructions while meeting deadlines and quick turnaround requirements. The role is remote, freelance, and assignment-based, requiring independent work, strong communication, and U.S. citizenship with completion of a Tier 1 background investigation.

Provides English-to-Turkish legal translation and editing for judiciary-related materials on an ongoing freelance basis. Responsibilities include accurately applying U.S. legal, judicial, and technical terminology, meeting deadlines, using computer-assisted translation tools, and accepting approximately 10–15 hours of assignments weekly. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and willing to complete security clearance processing, including fingerprinting.

Provides English-to-Polish legal translation and editing for judiciary-related materials on an ongoing, as-needed freelance basis. The role requires native-level Polish and English writing, strong U.S. legal and judicial terminology knowledge, computer-assisted translation experience, exceptional accuracy, organization, and deadline management. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, willing to undergo security clearance processing and fingerprinting, and generally available during Eastern Time weekdays for approximately 10–15 hours weekly.

Translate and edit Indonesian-English official documents, including vital records, legal documents, certificates, and academic transcripts. Ensure accuracy, grammar, formatting, consistency, confidentiality, and compliance with client instructions. Complete assignments independently within required deadlines, including one-to-two-day turnaround times, while accepting work on an as-needed freelance basis.