Managing Editor

Who We Are

Float is the world’s leading software for teams to plan their time. Launched in 2012, we’ve grown every year since, and remain proudly independent, self-funded, and profitable. We’re a team of 50 working 100% remotely and you’ll be partnering with team members based globally including Australia, Mexico, Italy, Nigeria, Canada, and the USA.

Hear what our team has to say by browsing our blog, or reading our Glassdoor reviews. Check out what our customers think of Float from our G2 reviews.

We’re on a scale up journey, and we’re seeking people who thrive in this stage, given the autonomy, and the opportunity, to do the best work of their career.

Why We’re Hiring For This Role

We’re building the go-to content brand for folks in the resource management and planning space, with educational resources to help them plan their time better.

We have over 200+ existing content pieces, a library of compelling case studies, and an ambitious plan to expand into other formats, especially video. We also have a first-of-its-kind Slack community with over 600 people planners, and an email list with over 120,000+ subscribers.

But all these numbers aside—at Float, we believe in delivering content that builds trust through expertise, is actionable, simple, and recognizably ours.

We’re looking for a Managing Editor who will own our editorial calendar and oversee all aspects of editorial publication, from idea to production and distribution, across a variety of formats (articles, landing pages, customer stories, video series, newsletters, etc.). The Managing Editor will also own and oversee tone, voice, and style across all content deliverables, and eventually the entire marketing site. The right person will be a hands-on practitioner who sets the bar for both best-in-class editorial deliverables and workflows.

You’re a true audience champion with strong editorial leadership and project management skills. You’re an advocate for working effectively and setting up systems that support us to scale sustainably—you probably also love nerding out on tools and workflows that make working together more efficient and effective 😉. You are both strategic and detail-oriented, and can give high-level editorial guidance while adding Oxford commas where they (rightfully!) belong.

You’ve ideally helped scale SaaS brands into content powerhouses before, and are excited to apply your experience, knowledge, and expertise to a fresh challenge.

You will be part of a lean and high-performing team with ambitious goals, reporting to our Content Lead, Fio, and collaborating closely with our Content Marketer, Stella. You will also work closely with our Senior Product Marketer, DJ, our Director of Marketing, Siobhan, and our upcoming Senior Growth Marketer, Andrew.

An Overview of the role from Fio, Senior Content Strategist

Fio explains the important role you will play within our Marketing team. Watch the Loom here.

With continual growth, a talented team, and strong data and process foundations, we’re excited by the impact a Managing Editor will bring by joining us now in the next stage of our scale-up journey.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

As our Managing Editor, you’ll drive our publication processes and deliver best-in-class content.

Early on, you’ll jump right into:

• Learning and defining what success looks like for our function, so you can help us set up the most effective editorial processes
• Owning our editorial calendar to make sure we hit our quarterly OKRs
• Contributing to and editing multiple content assets, from 3-minute video scripts to long-form guides, so they meet the needs of our audience, work with our growth strategy, and are optimized for maximum results

Once you’re settled in, you’ll also:

• Oversee tone and voice across all deliverables (and eventually, the whole website) to make sure we deliver a consistent, cohesive experience no matter where people are
• Become our audience champion: you will investigate what engages and works for our audience and the business (e.g., via on-site surveys, customer interviews, audience research) and use this information to deliver best-in-class editorial guidance
• Own the process of updating existing content to keep it relevant (e.g., by updating tone, voice, messaging, product screenshots, videos), and setting up a system in our CMS to facilitate the process
• Find, vet, onboard, train, and/or manage external and internal contributors, including Float’s marketing team, freelance writers and video creators, agencies
• Be a key contributor to our content marketing strategy by advocating for opportunities you've identified based on customer interactions, content performance, and market trends
• Be a confident editorial leader who helps everyone become better writers through education and self-serve tools—we have a team Grammarly account, house style guides, and QA processes: you will own and manage all of them

What You’ll Bring

We want you to love your work and believe that these skills will allow you to succeed in the role:

• A strategic and detail-oriented editor: You always consider the purpose of a deliverable from the perspective of the company and the audience, think developmentally first, and use this approach to edit content into an effective shape. You are not satisfied with ‘good enough’ but always push to raise the bar and find unique angles; you know what takes a piece of content from ‘okay’ to ‘wow’ and can both execute it and teach it to the rest of your team.
• An excellent communicator and project manager: You know how to create a sustainable and effective workflow for a content marketing function, including creating editorial plans and managing resources (internal and external). You are proactive and can deliver with a sense of urgency, anticipating blockers and delays before they require escalation.
• A cross-functional player: You are comfortable operating fully cross-functionally within the company and regularly collect insights to assist in the creation and execution of content strategy. You give tough but fair feedback and editorial coaching to anyone working with you—from the most junior contributor to the CEO—raising expectations and developing people over time.
• You have a healthy obsession for your craft: You are plugged into the content marketing space and proactively think about ways to measure content quality and resonance. You autonomously try editorial, content, and management tools and workflows and are confident in recommending their implementation. You don’t think about content as just ‘words on the page’ but see it as a holistic experience, and have a good eye for how we present and communicate our work visually. You are opinionated about things as small as em dashes and as large as the use of AI tools for content creation—and you’re willing to share them and challenge us.
• You are a network builder: Ideally, you have an existing network of go-to freelancers and collaborators; if not, you can create a system to find, vet, and hire best-in-class freelancers who produce great work. You are comfortable replacing the ones who aren’t working out with higher-quality or better-fit ones.

As a fully remote team, we’re looking for someone confident with asynchronous communication as the default, which means you have previous remote experience and are comfortable using tools like Slack, Loom, and Linear to communicate as needed. Don’t worry—you will have significant deep work time since we have very few meetings.

Why Join Us

Pay for this role is US $128,806. (Level 3). Here’s a blog post with more information on how we determine our salaries.

We’re a global async remote company with a diverse team of people from all over the world who share a common belief in living our best work life. We believe deeply in the idea of transparency and share our Float Handbook publicly so potential new team members can see firsthand our perks & benefits as well as our ways of working. If you feel like you can thrive at Float to do your best work, we would love to hear from you.

Hiring Process For This Role

You’ll find a lot of useful information about our interview process and what it’s like to join our global team on the Float careers page. The hiring process for this role looks like this:

• Initial First Meet (25 min): You'll meet with Mary, Talent Manager, to discuss your interest in the role and review your questions about working at Float.
• Manager Interview (45 min): You’ll meet with Fio, Content Lead, to discuss your approach to content marketing and your relevant experience in the role.
• Co-Worker Interview (45 min): You’ll meet with Stella, Content Marketer, and Siobhan, Director of Marketing, to dive deeper into your skills and experience.
• Leadership Interview (30 min): You’ll meet with Glenn, our CEO, to learn more about Float’s direction and how you might integrate into the team.

Our hiring process takes an average of 28 days from the first interview to a job offer (based on YTD 2023 data). Mary from our Talent team will be in touch each step of the way to ensure that you are well-informed and aware of the next step in the process.

Note: Industry research shows that women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups generally don’t apply to jobs unless they check all the boxes for the role. If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don’t check 100% of the boxes—that’s okay—we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table.