Freelance Editor: Literature Study Guides

SuperSummary is a fast-growing literature study guide company that helps students, teachers, and everyday readers understand a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and drama texts. Our study guides are authoritative and comprehensive, written by seasoned teachers, professors, and advanced-degree holders with years of experience in their fields—including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. As a fully remote team, we’re able to harness creative talent from across the world in order to create study guides that exceed readers’ expectations.

About you:

We’re looking for editors who will be responsible for ensuring the quality of each study guide before it is made available to our customers. Our editors serve primarily as developmental editors, bolstering the summaries and literary analysis set forth by our writers, but all editors should also be skilled in copyediting. We expect our editors to evaluate the quality of the ideas presented by our writers, rewrite where necessary to improve the clarity and pace, and demonstrate strong attention to detail. We are keenly interested in developing steady, long-term relationships with editors who want to contribute to our growing team while maintaining a flexible schedule.

About the study guides:

Our study guides have a length of 5,000–25,000 words, depending on the length and complexity of the text at hand

Guides include a balanced combination of summary and analysis, including chapter summaries and analyses, themes, symbols, and more

Fiction book titles we've covered include Exhalation (Ted Chiang), Deacon King Kong (James McBride), and Beloved (Toni Morrison)

Nonfiction book titles we’ve covered include The Death and Life of the Great Lakes (Dan Egan), The Ballot or the Bullet (Malcolm X), and Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry)

Middle grade/YA book titles we've covered include The Inquisitor's Tale (Adam Gidwitz), Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson), and Front Desk (Kelly Lang)

Theater titles we’ve covered include Antigone (Sophocles), A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry), and Amadeus (Peter Shaffer)

We want to hear from you if you have:

Exceptional writing skills
Extensive editing experience, especially in academic writing
Experience with comprehensive editing of long-form content
A passion for literature and the ability to analyze a variety of texts
The availability to complete multiple editing assignments per week
The ability to prioritize your editing strategy for efficiency and effectiveness
A background in literature, literary analysis, and/or teaching is a plus
Interest in participating in other content team projects, such as writer training and market research, is also a plus

SuperSummary supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $22.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 20 per week