Freelance Writer, Copy Editing

2 Months ago • 5-7 Years • Editorial

Job Summary

Job Description

The Freelance Production Writer, Copy Editing ensures efficient workflow between creative and production teams, ensuring on-time delivery and client standards. This role involves trafficking copy, collaborating with writers, designers, and creative directors to produce deliverables. Responsibilities include managing copy workflow, supporting creative leadership, participating in post-launch analysis, and defining best practices for content handoff. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with strong attention to detail and the ability to multitask projects, priorities, schedules, and deliverables, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
Must have:
  • 5-7 years of experience in copy flow management
  • In-depth knowledge of creative development process
  • Passion for editing and messaging
  • Attention to detail and ability to multitask

Job Details

The Freelance Production Writer, Copy Editing ensures that all work from the copy team flows efficiently between internal creative and production departments. The production writer drives the on-time delivery of assets and acts as a champion for client standards, ensuring that all final customer-facing deliverables represent our client at its best.

This key role will be responsible for trafficking copy for a team. You will work with a team of writers, designers, editors, creative producers, and creative directors to produce deliverables across several channels.


You Will:

  • Work directly with copywriters, editors, designers, brand, and product marketing teams to ensure proper execution of copy’s project deliverables, managing handoff of all copy to creative partners
  • Work alongside creative directors and producers to collaborate on priorities, resources, and upcoming milestones, and operate as a bridge between copy and our cross-functional partners, serving as a single point of contact during production
  • Manage the workflow for copy and other assets as needed, working with a team of writers and editors, and ensuring each asset meets client standards
  • Provide direct support to creative leadership and serve as a supporting partner in ensuring clearly defined processes and deadlines are achieved
  • Participate in post-launch analysis to identify wins and challenges. Carry findings forward to continually improve future project deliveries and execution
  • Define best practices in the content handoff process in partnership with other teams

You Have:

  • 5-7 years of experience ensuring that copy flows efficiently between internal and external creative and production departments
  • In-depth knowledge of all steps required in the creative development process and able to effectively collaborate with creative directors, designers, strategists, and producers to develop work
  • A passion for editing and a deep understanding of the importance and power of well-constructed messaging
  • Attention to detail and ability to multitask projects, priorities, schedules, and deliverables
  • Flexibility to deal with rapidly changing, time-constrained launch schedules
  • A strategic thinker who can juggle multiple deliverables and work collaboratively with partners across internal teams
  • Focus and persistence — ability to problem-solve and operate in a sophisticated multi-stakeholder environment
  • A positive, enthusiastic attitude and willingness to learn from team members at all levels
  • A strong understanding of the various applications and tools used in the digital production workflow, and the ability to master new ones quickly

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer. 

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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Critical Mass is a team of 1,800 inspired folks based in 12 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients.


We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.


We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

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