(Remote Work) Managing Editor – Float

Job Overview

• Job Title Managing Editor
• Hiring Organization Float
• Company Website https://www.float.com/
• Remote Locations Worldwide
• Job Type  Remote, Full-Time

Float is the worlds leading software for teams to plan their time. Launched in 2012, weve grown every year since, and remain proudly independent, self-funded, and profitable. Were a team of 50 working 100% remotely and youll be partnering with team members based globally including Australia, Mexico, Italy, Nigeria, Canada, and the USA.

Were on a scale up journey, and were seeking people who thrive in this stage, given the autonomy, and the opportunity, to do the best work of their career.

Why Were Hiring For This Role

Were building the go-to content brand for folks in the resource management and planning space, with educational resources to help them plan their time better.

We have over 200+ existing content pieces, a library of compelling case studies, and an ambitious plan to expand into other formats, especially video. We also have a first-of-its-kind Slack community with over 600 people planners, and an email list with over 120,000+ subscribers.

But all these numbers aside at Float, we believe in delivering content that builds trust through expertise, is actionable, simple, and recognizably ours.

Were looking for a Managing Editor who will own our editorial calendar and oversee all aspects of editorial publication, from idea to production and distribution, across a variety of formats (articles, landing pages, customer stories, video series, newsletters, etc.). The Managing Editor will also own and oversee tone, voice, and style across all content deliverables, and eventually the entire marketing site. The right person will be a hands-on practitioner who sets the bar for both best-in-class editorial deliverables and workflows.

You’re a true audience champion with strong editorial leadership and project management skills. Your’e an advocate for working effectively and setting up systems that support us to scale sustainably you probably also love nerding out on tools and workflows that make working together more efficient and effective . You are both strategic and detail-oriented, and can give high-level editorial guidance while adding Oxford commas where they (rightfully!) belong.

You’ve ideally helped scale SaaS brands into content powerhouses before, and are excited to apply your experience, knowledge, and expertise to a fresh challenge.

You will be part of a lean and high-performing team with ambitious goals, reporting to our Content Lead, Fio, and collaborating closely with our Content Marketer, Stella. You will also work closely with our Senior Product Marketer, DJ, our Director of Marketing, Siobhan, and our upcoming Senior Growth Marketer, Andrew.

An Overview of the role from Fio, Content Lead

Fio explains the important role you will play within our Marketing team.

With continual growth, a talented team, and strong data and process foundations, were excited by the impact a Managing Editor will bring by joining us now in the next stage of our scale-up journey.

Why Join Us

Pay for this role is US $128,806. (Level 3).

Were a global async remote company with a diverse team of people from all over the world who share a common belief in living ourbest work life. We believe deeply in the idea of transparency and share ourFloat Handbook publicly so potential new team members can see firsthand ourperks & benefitsas well as our ways of working. If you feel like you can thrive at Float to do your best work, we would love to hear from you.

Job Responsibilities

As our Managing Editor, you’ll drive our publication processes and deliver best-in-class content.

Early on, you’ll jump right into:

• Learning and defining what success looks like for our function, so you can help us set up the most effective editorial processes
• Owning our editorial calendar to make sure we hit our quarterly OKRs
• Contributing to and editing multiple content assets, from 3-minute video scripts to long-form guides, so they meet the needs of our audience, work with our growth strategy, and are optimized for maximum results

Once you’re settled in, you’ll also:

• Oversee tone and voice across all deliverables (and eventually, the whole website) to make sure we deliver a consistent, cohesive experience no matter where people are
• Become our audience champion: you will investigate what engages and works for our audience and the business (e.g., via on-site surveys, customer interviews, audience research) and use this information to deliver best-in-class editorial guidance
• Own the process of updating existing content to keep it relevant (e.g., by updating tone, voice, messaging, product screenshots, videos), and setting up a system in our CMS to facilitate the process
• Find, vet, onboard, train, and/or manage external and internal contributors, including Floats marketing team, freelance writers and video creators, agencies
• Be a key contributor to our content marketing strategy by advocating for opportunities you’ve identified based on customer interactions, content performance, and market trends
• Be a confident editorial leader who helps everyone become better writers through education and self-serve tools we have a team Grammarly account, house style guides, and QA processes: you will own and manage all of them

Job Requirements

We want you to love your work and believe that these skills will allow you to succeed in the role:

• A strategic and detail-oriented editor:You always consider the purpose of a deliverable from the perspective of the company and the audience, think developmentally first, and use this approach to edit content into an effective shape. You are not satisfied with good enough but always push to raise the bar and find unique angles; you know what takes a piece of content from okay to wow and can both execute itandteach it to the rest of your team.
• An excellent communicator and project manager:You know how to create a sustainable and effective workflow for a content marketing function, including creating editorial plans and managing resources (internal and external). You are proactive and can deliver with a sense of urgency, anticipating blockers and delays before they require escalation.
• A cross-functional player:You are comfortable operating fully cross-functionally within the company and regularly collect insights to assist in the creation and execution of content strategy. You give tough but fair feedback and editorial coaching to anyone working with youfrom the most junior contributor to the CEO raising expectations and developing people over time.
• You have a healthy obsession for your craft:You are plugged into the content marketing space and proactively think about ways to measure content quality and resonance. You autonomously try editorial, content, and management tools and workflows and are confident in recommending their implementation. You dont think about content as just words on the page but see it as a holistic experience, and have a good eye for how we present and communicate our work visually. You are opinionated about things as small as em dashes and as large as the use of AI tools for content creationand youre willing to share them and challenge us.
• You are a network builder: Ideally, you have an existing network of go-to freelancers and collaborators; if not, you can create a system to find, vet, and hire best-in-class freelancers who produce great work. You are comfortable replacing the ones who arent working out with higher-quality or better-fit ones.

As a fully remote team, were looking for someone confident with asynchronous communication as the default, which means you have previous remote experience and are comfortable using tools like Slack, Loom, and Linear to communicate as needed. Don’t worry you will have significant deep work time since we have very few meetings.

How To Apply

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