Copy Editor, SoFi
Contract
$73-$89 Hourly
Mobile & online personal finance services
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Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$73-$89 Hourly
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
Role
Who you are
- Stellar copyediting and proofreading chops
- Superior communication and partnership mastery
- Outstanding proactive, problem solving
- Flexibility is key—when the details aren’t fully baked, you go with the flow and jump in to help connect the dots and get projects to a good move-forward place
- You’re an SME (subject matter expert) by nature, confident in learning how and when info applies—and more importantly, why it applies
- You're a natural problem solver and don't wait for others to give you the answers. You're also not shy about reaching out to necessary parties to get clarity
- Collaboration is your middle name—you're a natural at forming strong partnerships
- Your editing style is all about adding that "perfect polish" and staying close to brand, copy, and compliance guidelines—it's not about rewriting and giving tons of editorial feedback
- Your edits and editing direction are clear and concise, never confusing
- You have impeccable time management skills, with an emphasis on meeting tight deadlines
- You have top-notch organization skills and can handle multiple projects at once
- You’re enthusiastic about your work and about joining a close-knit team
- You have experience working with legal disclaimers in a heavily regulated environment
- Knowledge of financial services or personal finance (a plus)
- A strong working knowledge of the AP Stylebook
- At least 3-4 years copyediting experience in agency or in-house settings
- A bachelor’s degree with English/advertising/journalism/business focus
What the job involves
- Your primary role will be to review and copyedit all marketing assets, including web, digital, social, video/broadcast, and print. Tasks include ensuring our brand copy style is prevalent across all marketing assets, while also ensuring compliance guidelines and disclosures are adhered to and administered
- Manage your schedule on a daily basis
- Perform necessary pre-work on projects, including reaching out to compliance, project managers, and business owners (as necessary) on any info needed before the official copyediting review takes place
- Copyedit and proofread project assets from a creative brand and style standpoint
- Review projects with a "compliance eye" and apply necessary superscripts and disclosures
- Update assets with post-copyediting disclaimer feedback from our compliance team
- Adhere to the requested turnaround time (sometimes tight) for each project
- Attend and participate in assigned kickoff and project review meetings
- Review project briefs and flag any issues that need to be addressed before project kickoff
- Form strong partnerships and solid communication lines with project managers, writers, designers, compliance officers, and business partners
- Attend weekly compliance meetings and other required team meetings
- Partner with other copyeditors to update the copy style guide and other reference materials as necessary
- Establish yourself as a go-to resource for copy issues
Our take
SoFi started by offering ways for students to secure better financial terms on their loans, and now offers a huge range of personal finance products, including bank accounts, loans, mortgages, investment advice, and investment opportunities. Many customers find they have to go to multiple financial service providers to meet all their finance needs, but SoFi overcomes this issue by putting it all in one place.
Its goal, to cover all the financial bases, sets them apart from many of the traditional banks and even some of their digital competitors, such as Avant, which has chosen to focus on providing credit alternatives. Although it is operating in a competitive market with a lot of big players such as Monzo, Revolut, and Starling, the company has managed to raise huge amounts of funding to support its rapid expansion.
SoFi has focussed on global expansion, moving outside the US, and has made a series of acquisitions to support this - including a Hong Kong-based investment app called 8 Securities. After going public on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC merger in June 2021, the company has continued to evolve and release more mission-oriented services into its roster, and strengthened its lending capabilities through a $350 million post-IPO loan. To date, the company has sold over $15 billion in personal loan collateral and continues to strengthen its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$369.9m
LATE VC
May 2019
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.7bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs, up to $5,250 per year
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Flexible time off
- Fertility and family planning options
- Free financial classes
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Anthony Noto
(CEO)Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy after being a telecommunications officer and captain in the U.S. Army. Has worked as Head of Gobal Telecommunications, Media and Technology at Goldman Sachs, been the COO of Twitter, and also the CFO of the National Football League.
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