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INTRODUCTION
Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.
WHY KIKOFF:
This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life, real-customer impact.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Kikoff is looking for a Content Editor (Contractor) to support our growing blog operations and ensure our content is accurate, authoritative, and genuinely useful to readers. This is a contract role with the opportunity to make a real impact on how millions of consumers discover and trust Kikoff through search.
Responsibilities include:
- Content Review: Review blog posts for accuracy, tone, clarity, and quality before publication - editing for voice and ensuring posts meet our editorial standards.
- Expert Perspective: Add personal anecdotes, real-world examples, and subject matter insight to content where relevant, and serve as the listed reviewer across the Kikoff blog.
- Content Briefing: Help shape content direction and communicate feedback and priorities to our content partners.
- Partner Communication: Serve as the day-to-day point of contact with our content partners - relaying edits, flagging issues, and keeping production running smoothly.
- CMS Publishing: Publish finalized posts directly in the Webflow CMS editor, ensuring formatting and structure are consistent across the blog.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience writing or editing personal finance content for major financial institutions, fintech companies, or personal finance publishers (NerdWallet, Experian, Bankrate, or similar) - with strong working knowledge of credit, lending, or consumer finance topics.
- Strong editorial instincts - you can quickly identify what’s missing from a post and improve it without a lengthy rewrite.
- Familiarity with YMYL content standards and the expectations around financial accuracy, tone, and compliance-awareness.
- Comfortable with high-volume, fast-turnaround editorial work while maintaining consistent quality.
- Clear, responsive communicator - able to manage content partner relationships and relay feedback efficiently.
- Hands-on with a CMS - Webflow experience preferred, but any modern CMS is fine.
COMPENSATION
- Contract Rate: $40-$60 per hour
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
INTRODUCTION
Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.
WHY KIKOFF:
This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life, real-customer impact.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Kikoff is looking for a Content Editor (Contractor) to support our growing blog operations and ensure our content is accurate, authoritative, and genuinely useful to readers. This is a contract role with the opportunity to make a real impact on how millions of consumers discover and trust Kikoff through search.
Responsibilities include:
- Content Review: Review blog posts for accuracy, tone, clarity, and quality before publication - editing for voice and ensuring posts meet our editorial standards.
- Expert Perspective: Add personal anecdotes, real-world examples, and subject matter insight to content where relevant, and serve as the listed reviewer across the Kikoff blog.
- Content Briefing: Help shape content direction and communicate feedback and priorities to our content partners.
- Partner Communication: Serve as the day-to-day point of contact with our content partners - relaying edits, flagging issues, and keeping production running smoothly.
- CMS Publishing: Publish finalized posts directly in the Webflow CMS editor, ensuring formatting and structure are consistent across the blog.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience writing or editing personal finance content for major financial institutions, fintech companies, or personal finance publishers (NerdWallet, Experian, Bankrate, or similar) - with strong working knowledge of credit, lending, or consumer finance topics.
- Strong editorial instincts - you can quickly identify what’s missing from a post and improve it without a lengthy rewrite.
- Familiarity with YMYL content standards and the expectations around financial accuracy, tone, and compliance-awareness.
- Comfortable with high-volume, fast-turnaround editorial work while maintaining consistent quality.
- Clear, responsive communicator - able to manage content partner relationships and relay feedback efficiently.
- Hands-on with a CMS - Webflow experience preferred, but any modern CMS is fine.
COMPENSATION
- Contract Rate: $40-$60 per hour
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Nexstar Media Group35
- Infusemedia28
- Dow Jones14
- Infuse13
- BKF Engineers12
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software147
- Marketing & Advertising82
- Education51
- Media & Entertainment43
- Consulting & Professional Services38
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in content editor jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field
- Proficiency with a content management system such as WordPress or a similar platform
- Working knowledge of AP Style or a comparable editorial style guide
- Experience editing for SEO, including keyword integration and on-page optimization
- Ability to manage multiple editorial projects against concurrent deadlines
- Familiarity with editorial workflow or project management tools used by content teams
Tips for Your Content Editor Job Search
Tailor your resume for each niche
Content editor job listings vary sharply by industry. A resume that leads with SEO metrics and organic traffic wins in digital media, while a healthcare or fintech listing wants evidence of accuracy reviews, compliance awareness, and subject-matter collaboration. Reorder your bullets to match each posting.
Build a portfolio with edited samples
Hiring managers want before-and-after examples, not just published clips. Show a raw draft alongside your edited version to demonstrate your line-editing judgment, structural decisions, and voice consistency. Even two or three strong pairs outperform a long list of solo bylines.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists content editor openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target listings that name your tools
Postings that call out specific platforms, such as a content management system, editorial workflow tool, or style guide standard, signal an established team. If you know those tools, name them in your resume in the same language the listing uses. Exact-match phrasing clears applicant tracking filters faster.
Prepare a style-guide walk-through answer
Almost every content editor interview includes a question about your approach to enforcing or building a house style. Have a concrete example ready: the guide you worked from, a recurring error pattern you caught, and how you communicated corrections to writers without creating friction.
Follow up with a brief editing observation
After your interview, send a short thank-you note that includes one specific, positive observation about the company's content, such as a structural choice you noticed or a consistent voice element. It demonstrates the attentiveness the role requires and makes your follow-up functional, not formulaic.
Content Editor Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most content editors?
The companies hiring the most content editors right now include Nexstar Media Group, Infusemedia, and Dow Jones, with the largest share of openings in New York, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is consistent across digital media, healthcare content, and technology companies with active content marketing functions.
How many content editor jobs are remote?
About 38% of content editor openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible editorial roles available. Remote options are most common in digital publishing, content marketing, and SEO-focused teams, where all collaboration happens through shared documents and async editorial workflows rather than in-person production.
How do you become a content editor?
Start by building a writing and editing foundation, typically through a degree in English, journalism, or communications, or through sustained freelance work that sharpens your editorial instincts. Develop proficiency with a content management system and a major style guide. Compile a portfolio of edited samples, not just published pieces, then apply to junior editorial or content coordinator roles that offer editing responsibility alongside production work.
Can you get hired as a content editor without much experience?
Yes, entry-level content editor roles exist, but they require proof of editing judgment even without a long employment history. Volunteer to edit for a campus publication, nonprofit newsletter, or open-source documentation project to generate before-and-after samples. Demonstrating familiarity with a style guide and a content management system, combined with a clean portfolio, compensates for a short resume in many hiring decisions.
What does the content editor interview process look like?
Most content editor interviews include an initial recruiter or hiring manager screen focused on your editorial background and tool experience, followed by a skills assessment, which is usually a timed editing exercise on a sample draft. Finalists typically meet the content or editorial team and field questions about style-guide decisions, feedback delivery, and how you manage competing deadlines. Some teams add a short take-home assignment.
Where can I find and apply to content editor jobs?
You can find and apply to content editor jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and specialization, then apply directly to each one that fits. No detours, no intermediaries, just a direct path from the listing to your application.
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