Jr Fact-Checker- Professional Website (Remote)

Location: Remote

Payrate: $25 (Weekly pay)

Hours: Part-time: Flexible work hours/schedule – Must work 20 hours a week.

Duration: 12-month assignment (Great potential for extension)

**Please note: Must have experience in Fact-Checking stats for a professional website either as a journalism or similar***

Our client is a thriving educational tech company that envisions a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life by accessing the world’s best learning experience. Their mission and vision unite their team; above all, they share a common passion for ambitious goals. They are also a strong, fun-loving community that shares meals, music, volunteering, sports, and more!

The team is currently focused on expanding the reach of Company brand and bringing new learners to the site, connecting students to degree programs, attracting new enterprise customers — including businesses, governments, and campuses — and creating a marketing system that nurtures learners throughout their professional lives.

As a Fact Checker, you will be part of the SEO Strategic Content team and play a key role in building trust in the company by ensuring that content is accurate, error-free, and aligned with legal and brand guidelines. Fact checkers must be able to research both the granular (Is this name spelled correctly? Is this plus/minus number right?) and the big-picture (Does this thesis hold up under scrutiny? Do the facts in the first paragraph agree with the facts in the seventh paragraph?). You will be responsible for content accuracy, as well as developing a library of sources for current and future topic areas. This role is perfect for someone who is extremely organized with meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Verifying the accuracy of information across a wide range of subject matter areas
• Building a sourcing library for current and future topical areas
• Guiding the Strategic Content team in compliance with legal guidelines
• Communicating with tact to editors, writers, and producers to ensure necessary edits are completed correctly
• Conducting accurate research to gather and verify facts. Organizing claims and supporting research
• Uploading fact-checked content into the CMS (and checking for proper formatting)

Basic Qualifications:

• 1-8 years’ work experience as a Fact-checker - Journalism for a Professional Website
• Experience with at least one content management system (CMS) Contentful or similar
• Experience with air table, asana or similar Project Management tools
• Experience with the Chicago Manual of Style
• A genuine love of research, and the experience/resourcefulness to go beyond simple Google search
• Requires experience having a process for accurate, error-free, and aligned with legal and brand guidelines.
• Strong foundation in fact- checking best practices.
• Must have experience to research and confirm the story (Is this name spelled correctly? Is this plus/minus number, right? Do the facts in the first paragraph agree with the facts in the seventh paragraph?)
• Must have experience with online research resources ( Ex: Heavy checking of data, fact checking salary or similar, backing up claims of stats)
• Experience with journalism best practices
• Bonus: Experience working for a larger global company
• Requires being able to commit working 20 hours per week (Please note: If you have a full-time role, it must be very flexible. Availability and daily brief check-ins and meeting weekly deadlines required)
• Experience working in a remote role, self-mange, and managing time well in a high-volume environment
• Experience communicating with tact to editors, writers, and producers to ensure necessary edits are completed correctly
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and thrive under pressure in a part-time role.
• Excellent communication, critical reading, and writing skills; extremely organized with meticulous attention

TCWGlobal is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious belief, or sexual orientation.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.