Content Editor

Cohere Inc.; New York, Seattle (NY, WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly lunch stipend

Full health and dental benefits

RRSP/401K matching

Parental Leave top-up

Education & learning stipend

6 weeks paid vacation

Job summary

Cohere is hiring a Content Editor who will write and edit high-stakes content across thought leadership, developer materials, customer stories, and product marketing. You will mentor the Staff Writer and work with the Managing Editor to execute complex editorial plans.

You will translate SME interviews and product narratives into polished stories, ensure voice consistency, and coordinate with stakeholders to optimize SEO/value across multiple formats.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional writing/editing experience across B2B/technical content and narrative-driven work (case studies, brand storytelling)
• Comfortable interviewing engineers, customers, and executives and turning raw material into a clear narrative
• Portfolio showing range in technical writing, thought leadership, and story-driven work
• Experience working within a style guide and editing others' work, not only producing your own

Responsibilities

• Write and edit flagship content across editorial streams: executive bylines, thought leadership essays, guides, dev explainers, customer case studies, and product content
• Edit and strengthen the Staff Writer's drafts with line edits, structural feedback, and voice consistency
• Translate raw input from SME interviews, product specs, and customer conversations into polished, publishable stories
• Pair with Content Strategist to turn strategic briefs into well-scoped pieces with SEO/AEO value
• Collaborate with Managing Editor on prioritization and sequencing for multiple content types
• Maintain and evolve the style guide in practice to enforce voice and tone
• Fact-check and coordinate technical and legal accuracy reviews on dev content
• Oversee content production workflow from draft to publish
• Ensure consistency in voice, tone, and brand messaging
• Coordinate revisions with writers and manage editorial calendar execution

Skills

Editing

Interviewing

Content writing

Storytelling

Job description

Who are we?

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.

We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft.

We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us!

Role summary:
The Content Editor is the team's senior hands-on editorial contributor, writing and editing the company's highest stakes content across thought leadership, developer content, customer stories, and product marketing content. This role pairs closely with the Staff Writer (editing and mentoring their work) and the Managing Editor (executing against the shared calendar), while taking on the pieces that require the most craft, technical fluency, or narrative judgment.

Core responsibilities:

• Write and edit flagship content across all editorial streams: executive bylines and thought leadership essays, guides or dev focused explainers, customer case studies, and product launch or feature human-led content

• Edit and strengthen the Staff Writer's drafts with line edits, structural feedback, and voice consistency, functioning as a mentor, not just a reviewer

• Translate raw input (SME interviews, product specs, customer conversations, exec talking points) into polished, publishable stories

• Partner with the Content Strategist to turn strategic briefs into concrete, well-scoped pieces ensuring SEO/AEO value

• Partner with the Managing Editor on prioritization and sequencing, as two team writers covering multiple content types requires triage

• Maintain and evolve the style guide in practice as this role enforces voice/tone at each sentence level

• Fact-check and coordinate technical & legal accuracy review on dev content and customer stories

• Oversee content production workflow from draft to publish

• Ensure consistency in voice, tone, and brand messaging

• Coordinate with writers on revisions and improvements

• Manage editorial calendar execution

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience professional writing/editing experience, ideally split across B2B/technical content and narrative-driven content (case studies, brand storytelling)

• Comfortable interviewing engineers, customers, and executives and turning raw material into a clear narrative

• Portfolio showing range: technical writing, thought leadership, and story-driven work, not just one lane

• Experience working within a style guide and editing others' work, not only producing your own

Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.

• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.

• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.

• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.

• Annual enrichment benefits:

  Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.

  Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.

• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)

• Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.

How and Where We Work:

• Cohere is remote-friendly, but we also have offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul with more opening soon.

• For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, and regular community and social events.

• For those not near an office: a co‑working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.

• Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.

We strive to create an inclusive work environment for all; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

We may use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position. This helps our recruiters identify potentially qualified candidates, but it doesn't limit the applications our recruiters may review or consider.

Beware of Scams: Cohere will never ask for payment or third-party services (e.g., CV writing) as part of our hiring process. All legitimate roles are listed on the Cohere careers page and LinkedIn only, with all communications from Cohere employees coming from an @cohere.com or @cw.cohere email alias. If jobs are viewed on other sites then please verify these through our official careers page.