Staff Editor & Content Strategist

Gofractional; Toronto, Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 109,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Gofractional in Canada is seeking a Staff Editor & Content Strategist to join our Content Strategy team. Own and deliver high-visibility writing and thought leadership across Marketing, PR, and executive communications.

You will ghostwrite and shape executive content, ensure voice consistency, and reduce revision cycles by elevating clarity upfront. As a project mover, you’ll drive initiatives across the finish line during peak demand, with a hybrid model in Toronto or Vancouver.

Qualifications

• Seasoned editor with strong editorial judgment and strategic thinking.
• Experience supporting executive-facing communications.
• Ability to influence strategy through insight while executing hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver high-visibility writing and thought leadership across Marketing, PR, and executive communications.
• Serve as final editor and quality gate for externally visible content.
• Ghostwrite and shape executive content including announcements, keynotes, and statements.
• Ensure voice, tone, and messaging consistency across high-impact work.
• Identify risks early and drive initiatives to finish line during peak demand.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Content strategy

Executive communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Job description

Role

Who you are

• You are a seasoned editor and content strategist with exceptional editorial judgment and a deep understanding of how high-stakes work gets done inside a fast-moving organization
• You bring calm to complexity, clarity to ambiguity, and momentum to work that risks slowing down
• You are trusted for your craft, relied on for your judgment, and valued for your ability to make others better without needing formal authority
• You influence strategy through insight and experience, while remaining hands-on in execution
• You care deeply about quality, but you care just as much about shipping
• Extensive experience in senior writing, editing, and content strategy roles
• Exceptional editorial judgment and the ability to improve work quickly and decisively
• Proven experience supporting executive-facing or high-stakes communications
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills without formal people management responsibility

Desirable

• Experience in B2B SaaS or complex, regulated industries
• Familiarity with large-scale thought leadership initiatives and flagship content programs
• Deep understanding of how content, brand, PR, and growth intersect

What the job involves

• We are currently seeking a Staff Editor & Content Strategist to join our Content Strategy team
• Own and deliver high-visibility writing and thought leadership initiatives across Marketing, PR, and executive communications
• Serve as the final editor and quality gate for externally visible and executive-facing content
• Ghostwrite and shape executive content including announcements, keynotes, presentation narratives, statements, and internal communications
• Ensure consistency in voice, tone, and messaging across high-impact work
• Reduce revision cycles and senior stakeholder review burden by elevating clarity and precision upfront
• Act as a project mover and unblocker when work is at risk due to capacity constraints, complexity, or competing priorities
• Step in to drive initiatives across the finish line during peak demand or team transitions
• Translate strategy into clear, executable next steps that teams can move on quickly
• Identify delivery risks early and proactively course-correct
• Partner closely with PR, Brand, SEO, Growth, and Corporate Communications on shared initiatives
• Serve as connective tissue across teams to ensure alignment, continuity, and quality
• Support executive and leadership stakeholders with trusted editorial and strategic input
• Contribute to foundational discussions around content strategy by bringing historical context, editorial perspective, and delivery insight
• Provide real-time signal on capacity, sequencing, and execution tradeoffs
• Enable better prioritization and decision-making by surfacing what is feasible, what is at risk, and what matters most

Position Details:

• 18-Month Fixed Term Contract
• CA$109.2-163.8k
• Senior and Expert level
• Toronto or Vancouver
• Hybrid model - striking the right balance between the benefits of in person connectivity that in office brings, and the flexibility of remote