Digital Editor
Impact: Intellectual
Plan, coordinate, and revise digital content for various online platforms, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and engaging presentation. Collaborate with writers, designers, and other stakeholders to enhance content quality and meet publication deadlines.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Mostly Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40 hours
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $77,920
- Entry-level
- $55,000
- Senior
- $110,000
- Growth by 2033
- 1.5%
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate
- Typical student debt
- $30,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Content Management Systems
- SEO
- Copyediting
- Digital Publishing Software
Soft skills
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Associate Digital Editor
- Digital Editor
- Senior Digital Editor
- Managing Editor
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Moderate
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.8/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.2/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High