Copy Editor, Brand Governance

Overview

Placement Type:

Temp to Perm

Salary:

$80,000-85,000 Salary

Start Date:

ASAP

Duration:

Ongoing engagement with benefits

Aquent Studios is looking for a Copy Editor on the Brand Review Team will support a high-volume product launch cadence for our top Tech client. Brand Review sits directly on the critical path for every campaign, asset, and name before it goes to market - and this role closes the discipline where current review coverage is thinnest: copy. You'll work within a 1-2 week campaign lead time, reviewing copy for brand compliance across a fast-moving slate of product launches, and help eliminate a single-reviewer bottleneck that's currently constraining turnaround.

What You'll Do

Review copy, tone, terminology, and naming for launch campaigns (Tiers 1 & 2) against brand guidelines

Provide in-artifact feedback directly in the live working file (Google Doc, Figma, Frame.io, etc.) so launch teams and agencies can action it in place

Label every review comment by severity - blocking (must fix before launch) or advisory (fix where time allows) - so agencies can triage under deadline

Record a written feedback and outcome summary in the case tracking system before each case closes

Work within the sprint cadence, using the team's working chat channel and the automated launch tracker

Escalate unresolved blocking issues to Brand Ops when they're close to a launch date

Required Skills:

3-5 years of copyediting experience, preferably focused on large-scale brand and marketing copy.

Comfort giving fast, clear, severity-tagged feedback under deadline pressure

Experience working inside live collaborative tools (Google Docs, Figma, Frame.io) rather than static file review

Ability to work within a defined sprint cadence and escalation process

Judgment to distinguish blocking brand-compliance issues from advisory polish

What's Out of Scope
This role reviews copy - it does not:

Create or produce campaign assets

Evaluate naming for trademark or legal clearance (owned by brand strategists and Legal)

Own brand strategy, architecture, or guideline authoring

Handle case coordination, intake, tiering, or tracker upkeep (owned by Brand Ops)

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