A pioneer in K-12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.
Desmos Classroom, a division of Amplify Education, is on a mission to help every student learn math - and love learning math. Tens of millions of students and teachers around the world enjoy our Common Core, standards-aligned math curriculum, which blends both paper and digital tasks to support social classrooms, invite mathematical creativity, and evoke wonder.
We're looking for a contract copy editor who is adept at improving clarity, style, and voice and who can perform editorial production tasks (such as making copies of manuscripts, checking for alignment across our content, and ensuring a cohesive user experience). This copy editor will also join our team in learning about systemic inequity in education, and how we can attend to the needs of marginalized and excluded communities in order to build engaging and effective lessons that support all students.
This role is a great fit for you if you enjoy fine-tuning details and are an advocate for using language that is elegant, concise, and easy to understand. This is a part-time temporary role which will offer 0-15 hours of work per week, with the potential to turn into a full-time position.
Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other copy editors in editing existing and/or new lessons to make the language clearer, friendlier, and more concise.
• Support our content team in setting up manuscripts and copy/pasting content where needed.
• Perform quality assurance checks to ensure content adheres to style guidelines.
• Work with our copy editors in maintaining our style guides, making improvements when necessary.
• Impress everyone with your razor-sharp editing skills!

Basic Qualifications:

• Editing expertise in print and/or digital media.
• Ability to apply established style guidelines consistently.
• Ability to work across a variety of styles and types of content.
• Ability to work with different authors and edit for different audiences.
• Familiarity with content management platforms, Google Docs, and Adobe.
• Ability to perform detail-oriented checks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style.
• 2+ years copy editing experience.
• Degree in English Language Arts, Social Sciences, or equivalent

On your first day, you should show up ready to:

• Introduce yourself on Slack to your new co-workers!
• Offer your favorite tips on how to avoid common grammatical errors.
• Read our style guide and offer any feedback you have on how it can be improved.

What you'll learn more about after you're hired:

• Our philosophies for technology, design, pedagogy, and equity.
• Our voice and style, and how they serve students and teachers.
• The unique features of the curriculum we're building.
• How to use the Desmos Activity Builder (our content management platform).
• Our workflow for developing a new unit of lessons, from initial brainstorming all the way to final release.
• The processes and tools we use to organize our work.

Compensation:
The hourly rate range for this role is $40-$45.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.
Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.