Senior Writer

About Pocket FM Pocket FM is a global audio entertainment platform producing immersive, serialized stories across genres and languages. To bring our catalog to Spanish-speaking listeners, we pair AI-assisted adaptation tools with human editors who make sure every story sounds natural, emotional, and culturally right. The Role As a Senior Writer, you will lead Junior Writers who proofread and refine AI-adapted Spanish scripts. You are both team lead and expert proofreader, holding the final sign-off: only scripts you approve as accurate, natural, and AI-voice friendly go to production. You will also listen to sample episode audio to confirm it matches the approved script. You are accountable for language quality, consistency, and production-readiness across up to six shows, including fixing editorial issues that surface after release. Pocket FM stays in sync with daily technological change, so a SW must have an enthusiastic, receptive, and flexible mindset to adapt to evolving workflows. A Typical Day Expect to spend most of your day with scripts. Junior Writers do the first proofreading and localization round, so what reaches you is close but rarely perfect. You read closely, catch what slipped through, fix it or send it back with clear notes, and decide if it is ready for production. In between, you will listen to sample episodes, work through retakes and listener comments, and talk writers through recurring mistakes. You will also pass recurring AI problems to the AI team, with examples, so they get fixed at the source. What You'll Do 1. Proofreading, Quality Review and Production Sign-Off Review scripts for grammar, spelling, accents, punctuation, register, fluency, and fidelity to the English source. Catch what the first proofread missed: mistranslations, awkward phrasing, dropped lines, tonal drift, wrong emotion tags, and continuity breaks. Make every script AI-voice friendly: correct formatting, clear speaker labels, accurate emotion tags, pacing-guided punctuation, and numbers, abbreviations, and names written for correct pronunciation. Correct scripts directly or send them back with clear notes. Give final sign-off so production receives only approved scripts. 2. Leading and Developing Proofreaders Lead Junior Writers, each assigned to individual shows. Track each writer's quality through error rates, types, and rework levels, and share results regularly. Give specific, constructive feedback and help writers see the pattern behind repeated mistakes. Run onboarding, calibration sessions, and refreshers so the team applies the same standards. Build a culture of accuracy, accountability, and learning.Rapidly and effectively reorganize work processes with the Junior Writers. 3. Editorial Standards and Style Guidelines Define and maintain proofreading standards, style guides, and QA checklists, including what "production-ready" and "AI-voice friendly" mean. Decide regional Spanish usage and tone for each show, and apply it consistently. Record common errors and decisions to keep the team aligned. Resolve edge cases and escalations. 4. Show Ownership and Localization Oversight Own editorial quality from pre-editorial planning to post-release review. Approve localization sheets and concept notes (names, places, cultural references), keeping them consistent across episodes and seasons. Protect continuity in character names, relationships, terminology, and plot details. 5. Editorial Retakes Own the retake process for editorial issues: script errors, mistranslations, continuity mistakes, wrong emotion tags, and formatting faults. Confirm each request is editorial, identify the root cause, and give clear, corrected instructions so the fix is right the first time. 6. User Comments on Editorial Quality Monitor user comments and ratings regularly for script and language feedback, separating one-off opinions from recurring problems and prioritizing issues that affect listener trust and retention. Turn valid feedback into actions: script corrections, updates to localization sheets or style guides, and writer guidance. Pass feedback to the right person, confirm action was taken, and check later comments to see whether fixes worked. 7. Working with the AI Team on Editorial Improvements Act as the voice of Spanish editorial with the AI team, logging recurring issues with real examples and reporting them in a structured way: error, example, frequency, impact, and expected correction. Contribute to prompt changes, glossaries, localization rules, and formatting standards. Test new tools, prompts, and workflows on live shows, recommend whether to adopt them, and share changes with Junior Writers. What We're Looking For Must have Native or near-native Spanish with outstanding grammar, spelling, and editorial judgment Strong English comprehension, to check scripts against the source Proven proofreading, editing, or translation review experience, with stamina for high daily volume Experience leading, mentoring, or coaching proofreaders, editors, or writers An eye for linguistic, contextual, and continuity errors, and the ability to teach others to spot them Bachelor's degree in Literature, Languages, Translation, Creative Writing, Media, Communications, or a related field Ability to analyze user comments and turn recurring issues into clear actions Experience handling quality escalations and finding root causes instead of treating symptoms Ability to give technical or AI teams clear, example-backed feedback Strong organization across multiple shows, teams, and daily deadlines Clear communication, with comfort working with business and cross-functional teams Nice to have Hands-on experience with AI writing, translation, or adaptation tools Experience building style guides, QA checklists, or review frameworks Experience tracking error rates, retake rates, or feedback trends Understanding of narrative structure, pacing, and audience engagement Why It MattersAI helps us adapt faster, but human review is what