AI Content Editor - Fiction/Nonfiction

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.

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 hiring 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 a human 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 either fiction, non-fiction or (ideally) both

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 immediately articulate 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 contact2@fo.nu with the subject line "AI-Content Editor Application" (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 and why this role interests you. Please include a snippet on your personal view of the role of AI in this sort of space.

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.