Editorial Intern
About the role
The Editorial Intern is responsible for ensuring that content written for ConsumerNotice.org and Drugwatch.com is clean, clear, and accurate. This role works alongside award-winning writers and editors to publish articles that can directly impact readers' happiness, health, and safety.
Responsibilities
- Fact-check legal and health care articles for accuracy.
- Spot and fix inconsistencies in style, tone, and message.
- Ensure content adheres to style guidelines.
- Improve sentences for readability and concision.
- Correct errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- Ensure content logically and clearly communicates information to the targeted audience.
- Provide feedback to writers and editors as directed by a Senior Editor.
- Assist with project management tasks as needed.
- Utilize AI tools within company security parameters, where appropriate, to improve efficiency, support decision-making, and enhance work quality.
- Contribute to valuable legal and medical content.
- Improve search engine optimization (SEO) results and rankings for web content.
- Help publish top-ranking, quality articles that provide accurate and credible information.
- Work is closely reviewed by a Senior Editor upon completion.
- Perform additional tasks as required to support departmental and company objectives.
Qualifications
- Upperclassman, recent graduate, or someone looking to make a career change.
- Formal education in writing-intensive disciplines such as Journalism, communications, public relations, marketing, English, or similar.
- Previous internship or work experience in a professional editing environment.
- Passion for grammar and accuracy.
- Exceptional understanding of language with a curiosity for knowledge and a meticulous eye for detail.
- Mastery of AP style.
- Adaptive to change.
- Impeccable organizational and critical thinking skills.
- Deadline-oriented mindset.
- Willingness to take risks, iterate, and learn along the way.
- Agility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Expertise/skills with both learning and sharing.
- Professional and adept, with the ability to embrace technology and automation.
- Able to problem-solve, prioritize, and analyze tasks.
- Adept at taking direction and applying it with accuracy and innovation.
- Culture champion: Demonstrates expertise, professionalism, autonomy, and mentorship when approaching responsibilities and interactions with others.
- A patient and strategic thinker with the keen ability to prioritize and focus.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with AI platforms (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini).
Benefits
- Part-time internship running for a 4-month term, offering up to 29 hours of work per week.
- Hourly pay of $14.00, increasing to $15.00 per hour in September to align with Florida's minimum wage guidelines.
- Hybrid role: On-site collaboration from Monday through Thursday, with remote work on Fridays.
Pay
$14.00 per hour, increasing to $15.00 per hour in September.
Schedule
Part-time internship running for a 4-month term, offering up to 29 hours of work per week. Hybrid role: On-site collaboration from Monday through Thursday, with remote work on Fridays.
Launch That
Founded in 2007, Launch That builds high-performing digital brands that connect people to valuable resources. As a digital marketing company based in downtown Orlando, we focus on mission-driven work, experienced team, collaborative culture, modern office perks, hands-on growth, and continuous self-improvement.