AI Content Editor (Fiction)

Note: This posting is made on behalf of one of our clients,
operating on a confidential basis. Full company details, background and
information will be shared with candidates selected for interviews. Only
candidates residing in the USA will be considered at this time.

Company: Confidential

Location: Remote

Type: Contract

Compensation: $25-35 per hour

About This Opportunity

We have integrated AI-assisted drafting into our editorial
pipeline with excellent results - because every piece of content moves through
human hands at every stage, from start to finish. We are looking for an
experienced writer/editor to assist with the final quality gate in this
workflow. This is a hands-on, lightweight "w-editing" role, not a
proofreading pass.

The Role

You will receive AI-generated drafts that have been produced
from detailed, human-crafted inputs. These drafts will have been heavily edited
already, and you will serve as the final gatekeeper and make them publishable.
Specifically:

• Read through AI-generated content and compare it to the
original input, ensuring accuracy, structure and completeness

• Rewrite passages that feel flat, generic, repetitive or
tonally inconsistent

• Smooth transitions, fix pacing issues and ensure narrative
or argumentative logic holds throughout

• Maintain and enforce a consistent voice across a piece or
series of pieces

• Flag structural problems or gaps that need to be addressed
upstream

• Think of it as developmental editing meets rewriting
(hence: “w-editing”), performed on machine-generated material instead of ahuman first draft. The skill set is the same, the source material is different.

Requirements

Must-haves:

• Demonstrable proof (through resume/cv and/or samples) of
professional editing, rewriting, or developmental editing experience in(ideally) the fiction/creative space

• Demonstrated ability to rewrite and elevate rough or
uneven prose while preserving intent and structure

• Demonstrated ability to spot and surgically
remove/rewrite/edit common failure points in AI-generated text (repetitions,common AI phrases, overly descriptive language, etc.)

• Strong instinct for voice, tone, and consistency — you can
spot when something "sounds wrong" even if you can't immediatelyarticulate why

• Comfort working with AI-generated content without
ideological friction — you see it as raw material, not a moral issue

• Ability to work at production pace; this is not a
one-chapter-per-month role

• Excellent judgment about when something needs a light
touch vs. a full rewrite

Absolute discretion — you understand and respect that this
workflow is confidential and are comfortable signing an NDA

Strong pluses:

• Experience editing across multiple genres or content types

• Familiarity with AI writing tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
and an understanding of their common failure modes — e.g., repetitive phrasing,hedging, tonal drift, bland transitions

• Background in ghostwriting or work-for-hire publishing
where confidentiality was standard

• Speed without sloppiness

What We're Not Looking For:

• Someone who needs to be credited or bylined for this work

• Someone who views AI-assisted content as inherently
unethical and would be uncomfortable with the process

• A pure proofreader — this role requires substantive
editorial judgment and rewriting ability

• Someone who cannot maintain strict confidentiality about
the workflow

To apply please send the following to [email protected]
with the subject line "AI-Content Editor App" (all emails to
this address with other subject lines will be discarded):

• A brief cover letter (a few paragraphs, not a novel)
telling us about your editorial background in the fiction spaceand why this role interests you. Please include the genres you have edited inthe fiction space as well.

• How your experience speaks to the job tasks listed in The
Role earlier in this listing

• Your resume or CV demonstrating your editorial experience
(including whether it was/is in non-fiction, fiction, or both).

• Samples of your editing work (before/after). If you don't
have a shareable sample, describe your editing process in concrete terms.

Candidates who advance will be contacted to arrange for a
brief interview. Candidates who advance past the interview will be given a paid
trial assignment: a section of raw AI output to edit, along with a sample of
already edited content for you to base your edits upon. We are looking for
someone to interview, complete a trial and begin work immediately. Qualified
applicants will be contacted directly by our client after their application is
received.

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