Practice Test Content Editor, History/Social Studies
Study.com helps learners achieve their education and career goals with engaging, high‑quality learning content. We are looking for passionate individuals to work online and edit practice test questions to help students prepare for various professional certification exams.
About The Role
We are seeking detail‑oriented Content Editors to review and revise practice question content. You will train on the guidelines for a specific exam, then evaluate and edit questions against given quality, rigor, style and formatting standards. This role is fully remote. You’ll work independently, manage your own time, and follow clear documentation to ensure consistent, high‑quality outcomes. This is an online, remote contract role. All work is paid hourly.
Project Description
- Follow internal documentation to improve content clarity, authenticity to exam questions, and option and explanation quality
- Use exam content guides to validate that questions assess the provided skills
- Use copyediting skills to follow formatting conventions and ensure language and tone are compliant with DEI policies
Required Skills
- Strong editorial judgment for educational materials, with an eye for clarity, fairness, and learner‑appropriate rigor
- Meticulous attention to detail and consistency for question accuracy and alignment to the exam’s content guide
- Willingness to learn about instructional design and train on new exams
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and follow structured procedures
Required Qualifications
- A bachelors degree in History/Social Studies
- 3-5 years of working experience in your field of expertise
- Experience editing or developing educational content, assessments, or test‑prep materials
- Excellent written English and command of grammar, syntax, and tone for adult learners
- Familiarity with DEI guidelines for content publication
- Reliable internet and your own computer
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree
- Background in K‑12, higher education, or test prep
- Experience with content management systems
- Familiarity with best practices in practice question design
- Experience with wiki‑style formatting and copyediting
- MathJax/LaTeX familiarity for occasional formatting tasks
What We Offer
- Reliable Payments: You'll receive payments twice a month and automated invoicing for your work.
- Remote Work: This is a fully online contracted work-from-home opportunity.
- Flexibility: Basically, there are no requirements! Work when you want, where you want, as often as you want, with no minimums/maximums.
- Support: Our supportive staff is available answer your questions and help you get up and running.
The Contract Process
- Complete the application and submit with your resume.
- Applications are approved and contracts sent on Wednesdays.
- Submit the contract within the 5-day signing window.
- The following Wednesday, you’ll receive onboarding instructions.
You can view a step-by-step overview of the contract process here:
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About Study.com
The mission of Study.com is to make education accessible, and over the last two decades we’ve become the leading online education platform, delivering a personalized learning experience across a broad continuum of education for over 30 million students, instructors, and professionals every month.We help empower millions of learners to achieve their education and career goals. We focus on increasing access to education because we know information is the ultimate equalizer and that education is key to upward mobility.Feel free to share this opportunity with any friends you think would be interested, too.
