Content Proofreader, Takeoff (Freelance)
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Job overview
IXL Learning seeks a Content Proofreader to review educational web content and PDFs for accuracy and quality. The role involves checking spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency; comparing website text with PDFs; communicating issues; and collaborating with curriculum designers and project managers. This is a remote 1099 consulting role for six months, with a possible extension and availability of up to 10 hours per week.
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Full job description
IXL Learning, a global edtech leader with personalized learning products used by millions of students worldwide, is seeking an organized and detail-oriented Content Proofreader to join our team. In this role, you will proofread web content and PDFs, ensuring the content is accurate and meets our quality standards. You might be a great fit if you are a natural perfectionist and enjoy making sure materials are polished and error-free.
This is a 1099 consulting role that is remote for 6 months with possible extension. #LI-REMOTE
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
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Proofread educational content for accuracy, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency
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Use your sharp eye for detail to compare website text and PDFs side-by-side to ensure accuracy
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Clearly communicate issues and inconsistencies to relevant team members
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Collaborate with curriculum designers and project managers to meet project deadlines
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
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Excellent attention to detail and prior proofreading/editing experience are required
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Proficiency with Google Sheets and Google Docs
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Availability for up to 10 hours per week; possibly more depending on projects
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Ability to work independently, meeting weekly deadlines
ABOUT IXL LEARNING
IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:
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1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.com
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Rosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages
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Wyzant is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects
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Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources
Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect. We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.
At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants and employees based on any legally protected category.
How this job compares
Set against the 335 open Editor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$93–155K/yr184 salary ranges
- US median$29–36/hr40 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 335 open Editor jobs across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Deloitte31 open
- New York Times14 open
- New York Post11 open
- Experience
- Editor postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (240 postings).
- Education
- 109 of the 335 open Editor jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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