Junior Editor

About Inkitt: Inkitt is the premier, internationally recognized digital entertainment pioneer, algorithmic publishing innovator, and global multimedia platform leader on an absolute mission to build the Disney of the 21st century by uniting advanced data science with commercial literature. Powered by cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems and proprietary predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown storytellers globally and transforms raw manuscripts into global blockbuster hits. Power-routing an entertainment architecture that produces a new $1M hit ebook every 4 weeks, the company sells directly to consumer audiences via its top-grossing Galatea application. Ranked as the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world with a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional legacy publishers, Inkitt is backed by top-tier venture capital funds including Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA. Following its recent Series C expansion into CandyJarTV, the enterprise provides elite narrative builders with an uncompromised remote canvas to optimize next-gen fictional content safely worldwide.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical, systems-minded Junior Editor to join our core centralized Content Team in a part-time freelance remote capacity within the United States. In this new, experimental, and fast-paced operational seat, you will claim individual accountability for running, maintaining, and improving our specialized suite of AI-assisted editorial applications. Shifting completely away from analog pen-and-paper markup or passive manuscript logging, you will serve as a technical wordsmith bridging the path between machine generation and premium narrative literature. This position requires an editor with 3 years of professional text-handling background and 1 year of dedicated fiction optimization experience who executes quick-turnaround copyedits fluidly, evaluates manuscript data structures smoothly under quantitative reasoning criteria, and aligns seamlessly with San Francisco operating hours.

Key Responsibilities

• AI Editorial Tool Optimization: Run and govern specialized internal artificial intelligence editing tools on incoming manuscripts, checking that digital modifications match top structural publishing standards.
• Manuscript Quality Assurance and Triage: Review and audit raw book text properties systematically natively utilizing Copywriter syntax guidelines to verify accurate vocabulary pacing and plot structure output.
• High-Velocity Text Engineering: Execute quick-turnaround, clean, and beautifully polished copyedits, line edits, deep proofreading runs, and beta-reading reports natively leveraging Blog Writing best practices.
• Technical Feedback System Loop: Formulate and deliver comprehensive operational assessments, bug documentations, and feature enhancement suggestions directly to internal Product and Content cells to upgrade editing applications.
• Genre Theme Verification: Manage text properties for target mass-market genres, reviewing stylistic conventions across Romance subgenres, explicitly including Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, and Erotica.
• Cross-Functional Content Alignment: Collaborate closely alongside internal data scientists, cross-functional content team members, and text developers to establish optimized baseline models for algorithmic story discovery.
• Quantitative Reasoning Implementation: Apply basic data analytics logic to monitor reader engagement metrics, cross-referencing predictive hit patterns with linguistic manuscript parameters.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3 years of verified professional history running advanced text editing, corporate publishing management, manuscript optimization, document proofreading, or freelance copyediting consulting.
• At least 1 year of dedicated history specifically optimization creative long-form commercial fiction properties.
• Deep, authoritative technical command of native English grammar, developmental structural line-editing mechanics, and comprehensive style sheet mapping natively utilizing Copywriter parameters.
• Expert-tier familiarity with digital writing systems, cloud document workspaces, and web tracking registries natively using Blog Writing publishing software.
• Keen personal and professional interest in leveraging advanced Large Language Models, prompt frameworks, and text copilots responsibly within creative literature workflows.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication traits in native-grade English, with an absolute capacity to make meetings and align tracking calendars on San Francisco operational hours (Pacific Time Zone).
• Specialized Application Requirement: Absolute readiness to bypass simple automated data submission paths, manually routing your resume, brief custom cover letter, and a standout creative portfolio show directly to moses@inkitt.com with the explicit subject line “Inkitt - Junior Editor - Application”.
• Location Context: Position open exclusively to qualified editing specialists based permanently and resident within the **United States** to execute freelance content workflows under a 100% remote layout, with a unique added advantage for candidates resident near San Francisco.

Preferred Strategic Indicators (Nice to Have)

• Prior commercial publishing history operating within an innovative digital media startup, e-commerce web novel app, screenwriting platform, or tech-first media aggregator.
• Active personal engagement inside the creative writing ecosystem, showing a deep passion for reading, writing, or analyzing modern consumer romance and fantasy fiction.
• An outcome-driven personal philosophy rooted in absolute attention to detail, adaptability through ambiguous technical shifts, and a proactive drive to explore unscripted tech implementations.

What We Offer

• Structured Transparent Remuneration: An attractive, fixed freelance hourly compensation model calculated uniformly at **$30.00 per hour**, providing a predictable cash stream optimized for a steady allocation of **20 hours per week**.
• The exceptional professional canvas to directly direct, shape, and code-shape the text architectures and generative AI models power-routing blockbusters for the world fastest-growing digital publisher.
• Profound work-from-home remote parameters offering an elite distributed workspace setup, complete schedule trust, and zero physical office geographical commuting friction across America.
• Direct exposure to a pioneering entertainment powerhouse backed by Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, expanding rapidly across streaming apps and next-gen TV formats.
• Continuous skill acceleration paths across cutting-edge Web3 publishing assets, algorithmic storytelling analytics, semantic content clustering, and conversational AI prompt engineering frameworks.