Writing & Editorial Jobs
Roles focused on creating, editing, and strategizing written content across formats, from copy and articles to scripts, UX text, and technical documentation.
1,660 live writing & editorial jobs across 9 roles hiring now. The biggest are Editor (560), Journalist (433), and Technical Writer (249). Median disclosed pay across the category is $108K USD from 333 postings that list a salary. 25% of listings are remote.
What are writing & editorial jobs?
Writing and editorial roles produce the words a company publishes, from marketing copy and technical documentation to reported journalism and newsletters. It is the broadest category we track, because writing attaches to almost every function.
What these roles have in common
Every role here is judged on clarity and on hitting a deadline with a finished draft. All of them work to a brief or a style guide, and all of them edit as much as they write.
How the roles differ
Copywriter, Content Writer and SEO Content Writer write to sell or to rank. Journalist and Editor work to editorial standards rather than marketing goals. Technical Writer and UX Writer write inside the product. Scriptwriter, Ghostwriter, Newsletter Writer and Localization Translator are defined by format or by whose voice they write in, and Content Strategist decides what should exist before anyone writes it.
Skills that transfer across the category
Structure, research, self-editing, and writing to a defined audience and voice. Subject matter is learnable; the gap that is hard to cross is between marketing writing and reported or technical writing, which run on different standards of evidence.
Where these careers lead
Toward Content Strategist, Editor, and then editorial leadership, or out into content marketing and product roles for writers who want to own outcomes rather than drafts.
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4 more writing & editorial roles we track with no openings right now
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Writing & Editorial jobs: common questions
What jobs can I do if I like writing?
The writing & editorial roles we currently track hiring are Editor (560 open), Journalist (433 open), Technical Writer (249 open), Copywriter (240 open), Content Writer (116 open), and Content Strategist (64 open). Each has its own board, salary report, and market breakdown.
Is there a high demand for writers?
We track 1,660 live writing & editorial openings right now, pulled straight from company job boards and refreshed hourly.
How much do writing jobs pay?
Across 333 writing & editorial postings on our board that disclose pay, the median is $108K USD per year, with the middle half between $83K and $135K.