Remote Editorial Operations Lead (Managing Editor)

Ativesite; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Health benefits

RRSP matching

Parental leave

Enrichment benefits

Vacation days

Travel budget

Home office stipend

Job summary

Cohere is seeking a Managing Editor to run the editorial team’s production pipeline across all content streams, ensuring on-time delivery at a high-quality baseline. The role collaborates with the Editorial Content Director and other stakeholders to keep schedules, prioritise work, and maintain style standards.

The Managing Editor will manage freelancers and internal contributors, track progress, and present performance metrics to cross-functional partners, with remote-friendly/hybrid options

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in editorial or content operations.
• Experience running multi-stream or multi-format editorial pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the master editorial calendar across all content streams.
• Manage the brief-to-publish workflow: assigning work, deadlines, tracking status.
• Own the review/approval routing for each content type (legal, PR, engineering, customer stories, product content).
• Set and enforce production-level style and quality standards.
• Manage relationships with freelancers, contractors, and cross-functional SME contributors.
• Report throughput, capacity, and delivery risk to Head of Editorial Content.

Skills

Editorial operations

Multi-stream pipelines

Workflow management

Job description

Cohere is seeking a Managing Editor to run the editorial team’s production pipeline across all content streams, ensuring on-time delivery at a high-quality baseline. The role collaborates with the Editorial Content Director and other stakeholders to keep schedules, prioritise work, and maintain style standards.

The Managing Editor will manage freelancers and internal contributors, track progress, and present performance metrics to cross-functional partners, with remote-friendly/hybrid options