Senior Editor

Perplexity; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking a Senior Editor to lead the quality and velocity of everything we publish. You will set the editorial bar for excellence and make every writer around you measurably better.

You will build a world-class editorial function from the ground up, manage a fast-moving pipeline, mentor writers, and ensure clarity, accuracy, and a strong, consistent voice across channels. This role demands hands-on editing at all levels, a heartbeat for rigorous storytelling, and the ability to work

Qualifications

• 7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership, with a body of published or edited work that demonstrates exceptional command of language.
• High flexibility of tone and mind. You must be able to demonstrate an ability to adapt styles and voices for different channels or audiences.
• High competence throughout the editorial stack: developmental editing, copy editing, content planning, and managing production.
• A demonstrated track record of mentoring writers and improving the quality of a team's output, not just your own.
• Exceptional ability to learn.
• Refined judgment on all matters of structure, argument, and voice
• A proven eye for narrative in messy, ambiguous, or highly technical material.
• Deep familiarity with the rules of grammar, style, and storytelling.
• Enough experience in the bullet above that you have a clear perspective on which rules you intend to break and when.
• Comfort using AI tools and the ability to articulate exactly where and how you incorporate them into your workflows.
• A passion for the truth well-told.

Responsibilities

• Own editorial quality end to end.
• Reject mediocrity.
• Demand clarity. Ensure accuracy.
• Be Perplexity. Evolve and enforce our voice. Everything we ship should sound like we shipped it.
• Be accountable. Hold objective authority in a sea of subjective opinions.
• Plan and manage the editorial calendar. Run prioritization and production for a fast-moving pipeline in a high-growth environment.
• Edit at every level. Player-coach plus team owner and stadium sponsor. Move fluidly from high-level editorial vision to developmental editing to line-level copy editing. Deliver feedback that makes the writing and the writer better.
• Mentor, elevate, and attract excellent writers. Earn the respect of strong writers by making them stronger.
• Make sense of things. Make sense to people.
• Build the editorial system. Evolve and own the style guides and workflows.
• Work productively across the company. Everyone wants content, and you’re the content.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Mentoring writers

Copy editing

Content planning

Production management

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Perplexity is seeking a Senior Editor to lead the quality and velocity of everything we publish. Our content spans a range of audiences, channels, and objectives. You will set the editorial bar for excellence and make every writer around you measurably better.

If you treat a clunky sentence and a sprawling launch narrative as the same kind of craft, take pride in language without being precious about deadlines, and want to build a world-class editorial function from the ground up, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Own editorial quality end to end.
• Reject mediocrity.
• Demand clarity. Ensure accuracy.
• Be Perplexity. Evolve and enforce our voice. Everything we ship should sound like we shipped it.
• Be accountable. Hold objective authority in a sea of subjective opinions.
• Plan and manage the editorial calendar. Run prioritization and production for a fast-moving pipeline in a high-growth environment.
• Edit at every level. Player-coach plus team owner and stadium sponsor. Move fluidly from high-level editorial vision to developmental editing to line-level copy editing. Deliver feedback that makes the writing and the writer better.
• Mentor, elevate, and attract excellent writers. Earn the respect of strong writers by making them stronger.
• Make sense of things. Make sense to people.
• Build the editorial system. Evolve and own the style guides and workflows.
• Work productively across the company. Everyone wants content, and you’re the content.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership, with a body of published or edited work that demonstrates exceptional command of language.
• High flexibility of tone and mind. You must be able to demonstrate an ability to adapt styles and voices for different channels or audiences.
• High competence throughout the editorial stack: developmental editing, copy editing, content planning, and managing production.
• A demonstrated track record of mentoring writers and improving the quality of a team's output, not just your own.
• Exceptional ability to learn.
• Refined judgment on all matters of structure, argument, and voice
• A proven eye for narrative in messy, ambiguous, or highly technical material.
• Deep familiarity with the rules of grammar, style, and storytelling.
• Enough experience in the bullet above that you have a clear perspective on which rules you intend to break and when.
• Comfort using AI tools and the ability to articulate exactly where and how you incorporate them into your workflows.
• A passion for the truth well-told.