Copy Editor & Content Specialist

Wilderness Travel is hiring a Copy Editor & Content Specialist to join our marketing team in Berkeley, California. Our clients plan some of the most important trips of their lives around what we write: detailed itineraries, hotel descriptions, Trip Leader profiles, catalog pages, blogs, and marketing emails. This role keeps that content accurate, consistent, and well written across more than 200 trips in over 90 countries.

You’ll own the steady flow of updates that comes in from our Area Managers, Operations Managers, and Trip Leaders, and turn each one into clean, accurate copy. You’ll also run our organic social media channels and write for our email, blog, and web channels. We’re looking for a self‑motivated, highly organized editor with an exacting eye for grammar and detail, a strong writing voice, and a good visual sense—someone who keeps many projects moving at once, works well with a busy team, and enjoys sharpening our messaging.

You’re passionate about adventure travel and excited to share the world with our clients.

• Copyediting & content production: Handle requests that come through our “writers@” queue, the central intake for edits to itineraries, hotel descriptions, Trip Leader bios, pre‑departure packets, and other trip content. Edit itineraries, annual catalog copy, and web pages for grammar, accuracy, and consistency with our house style. Make the changes in our content management systems and track each request through to completion so nothing slips.
  
  You will often be the last set of eyes before copy reaches clients.
• Copywriting: Write engaging, on‑brand content for marketing materials, blog posts, web pages, and newsletters. Apply SEO best practices in collaboration with our SEO specialist.
• Social media: Own Wilderness Travel’s organic social media presence, including Instagram and Facebook. Plan and maintain the editorial calendar, write posts, work with our photo editors to select images, schedule and publish content, engage with our community, and track performance to refine what we post. Coordinate with the team member who runs our paid social campaigns so organic and paid content work together.
• Collaboration: Work closely with our marketing team of writers, designers, and photo editors, as well as our Area Managers, Operations Managers, and Trip Leaders around the world.

• Editing expertise: Exceptional command of grammar, punctuation, and usage, and a habit of catching what others miss. Professional copyediting or proofreading experience is strongly preferred; familiarity with Chicago or AP style is a plus. Finalists will complete a short writing and editing exercise.
• Writing ability: A versatile writer who can move between precise itinerary copy and evocative marketing copy while keeping a consistent brand voice.
• Social media experience: Hands‑on experience managing organic social media for a brand, including using content calendars, scheduling tools, and performance analytics. A strong visual eye for choosing images that tell a story.
• Experience: 2+ years in marketing, editorial, publishing, or content roles, preferably in travel, lifestyle, or luxury spaces.
• Organization: Able to manage a high volume of small, detailed requests from many colleagues at once, with reliable follow‑through.
• Technical skills: Comfortable in Microsoft and PC environments. Experience with Meta Business Suite, Word Press or another CMS,  or a similar project management tool, and an email marketing platform is a plus. Familiarity with Photoshop or InDesign is helpful. We also value experience using AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT in outlining and editing work, along with the judgment to fact‑check and refine what they produce.
• Collaborative team…