Senior Content Editor — Lead, Mentor, Brand Content

24 Seven Talent; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent seeks a Senior Content Editor to support a fast-paced content studio in Houston. This hands-on, player-coach role blends writing, editorial leadership, and quality assurance across internal and external communications.

You will mentor a small team of Content Editors and elevate editorial standards across every assignment. You’ll shape clear, brand-consistent content for editorial, social, email, web, and multimedia channels; write original copy from briefs; edit for structure,

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands‑on experience in writing, editing, editorial, social content, communications, journalism, or a related field.
• Experience in an agency, corporate creative studio, newsroom, or comparable content-focused environment.
• Demonstrated ability to write original content from a brief, outline, script, or set of talking points.
• Strong editing, proofreading, storytelling, grammar, and style skills across multiple formats.
• Experience mentoring, leading, or informally guiding writers and editors.
• Sound judgment when applying brand voice, editorial standards, and style guidelines.
• Experience creating and editing content for social media, with awareness of platform‑specific formats and audiences.
• Ability to balance hands‑on production work with review and coaching responsibilities.
• Collaborative communication style and comfort working independently in an integrated creative team.
• Experience with video scripts or multimedia copy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and review two Content Editors.
• Ensure copy meets high standards for structure, clarity, accuracy, tone, and brand consistency before publication.
• Write original copy from briefs, outlines, scripts, and stakeholder talking points.
• Edit long-form, short-form, social, email, web, and executive communications.
• Serve as a senior editorial resource for brand voice, style, and content-quality decisions.
• Provide substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, and final quality checks.
• Create and adapt headlines, captions, social copy, and short-form storytelling for varied audiences and platforms.
• Partner closely with writers, designers, content creators, and studio leadership to deliver cohesive stories.
• Support scripts and copy for video and other multimedia content.
• Incorporate stakeholder, legal, compliance, and review feedback while maintaining content clarity and integrity.
• Manage a mix of planned assignments and quick-turn requests in a collaborative production environment.

Skills

Writing & editing

Editorial leadership

Mentoring

Brand voice & style

Stakeholder communication

Multimedia copy & video scripts

Job description

24 Seven Talent seeks a Senior Content Editor to support a fast-paced content studio in Houston. This hands-on, player-coach role blends writing, editorial leadership, and quality assurance across internal and external communications.

You will mentor a small team of Content Editors and elevate editorial standards across every assignment. You’ll shape clear, brand-consistent content for editorial, social, email, web, and multimedia channels; write original copy from briefs; edit for structure,