Perplexity
Senior Editor
$210K–$290K
San Francisco +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 1, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership.
About the job
Leads Perplexity’s editorial quality and publishing operations, shaping its voice, improving writers’ work, and building editorial systems and workflows.
What you'll do
- Own editorial quality, voice, editorial calendars, prioritization, and production.
- Edit across developmental and copy-editing levels; mentor writers and improve team output.
- Build and maintain editorial style guides and workflows, and collaborate across the company.
What they ask for
- 7+ years in editing, writing, or editorial leadership, with published or edited work demonstrating exceptional command of language.
- Ability to adapt styles and voices for different channels and audiences; competence in developmental editing, copy editing, content planning, and production management.
- Demonstrated track record of mentoring writers and improving team output.
- Comfort using AI tools and ability to explain how they are incorporated into workflows.
Pay
$210K – $290K (base salary)
AI focus
Use AI tools in editorial workflows and articulate where and how they are incorporated.
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