Angi® is transforming the home services industry, creating an environment for homeowners, service professionals and employees to feel right at “home.” For most home maintenance needs, our platform makes it easier than ever to find a qualified service professional for indoor and outdoor jobs, home renovations (or anything in between!). We are on a mission to become the home for everything home by helping small businesses thrive and providing solutions to financing and booking home jobs with just a few clicks.
Over the last 25 years we have opened our doors to a network of over 200K service professionals and helped over 150 million homeowners love where they live. We believe home is the most important place on earth and are embarking on a journey to redefine how people care for their homes. Angi is an amazing place to build your dream career, join us—we cannot wait to welcome you home!
The Content & Editorial team at Angi is looking for an experienced Freelance Fact Checker to join our growing team. We’re building best-in-class digital content to help our users learn how to improve and take care of their homes.
This is a freelance, independent contractor position. We are looking for availability between 20-40 hours per month, which can take place at your own schedule.
As a fact checker for Angi, you will work with the Content & Editorial team to fact check our cost data, ensuring all articles feature up to date and credible data for our readers. This is an essential role to our process to build trust with our customers.
You will work closely with Content Editors to review content drafts. You are expected to fact check existing cost data against our approved list of outside sources, interview pros in specific categories, collect findings, and communicate changes to the editorial team. You must have the ability scrutinize the small details (“Is $100 a realistic cost for this project?”) and the big picture (“Does this fact support the broader story theme?”). You are comfortable cold calling pros across a variety of categories and ask the right follow up questions based on their feedback.
Responsibilities will include:
- Calling pros weekly to confirm cost data accuracy and record findings.
- Fact checking data used across multiple articles to ensure consistent accuracy.
- Performing in-depth research and cross-referencing of all online resources to ensure cost data is factually correct and original.
- Checking for unreliable, outdated, false, or misleading sources and providing Editors with updated information.
- Providing clear guidance to writers on sourcing changes and recommendations.
- Aligning feedback with Content Editors to reduce contradictory edits.
- Coordinating with Content Project Manager and Content Editors for assignments and feedback.
- Recording time on projects accurately, submitting itemized invoices in a timely manner and following up on payment, as needed, directly with our Accounts Payable department.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrable track record of proofing content for the web and a passion for creating content.
- 1+ years of experience with creating and/or editing content for the web.
- At least one year of fact-checking experience in digital or print media is preferred.
- Experience with Grammarly, Google Docs or other editing tools preferred.
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Monday.com a plus.
- A degree in English, Communications, Creative Writing, Journalism or a related degree preferred, but equivalent experience will be seriously considered. Also open to rising junior or senior students.
- Experience writing or editing for home, lifestyle, real estate and/or construction markets preferred.
Compensation
- The hourly rate for this position ranges $20 – $30 per hour commensurate with experience and performance. Compensation may vary based on factors such as cost of living.