Media Editor Job Description
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Media Editor Job Description
- Manage Editorial Calendars and coordinate delivery of video assets
- Create, deliver and maintain closed captioned and subtitled versions of videos for multiple markets
- Manage the Culture coverage and ensure it has the correct content mix 24/7/365
- Must work well managing writers on a small, extremely fast-paced team
- Focusing efforts in the electronics space, with emphasis on televisions, media players, set tops, and home entertainment
- Blog daily news items that relate to mothers, from health news to viral photo essays to cute kid videos
- Establish a network of freelancers who can write original pieces about parenthood, including personal essays, lists and op-eds
- Establish positive relationships with other parenting sites around the Internet
- Spot trends in the parenting world that Cosmopolitan.com should be covering
- Monitor site analytics to make informed decisions about content that appeals to our readers
- Versed in using Omniture, Chartbeat
- Weekend and evening work will be required as part of the publishing cycle
- 1 to 2 years of professional experience covering the electronics/gadgets market
- An understanding of and interest in the latest gadgets/electronics web services and software
- 1 to 2 years of professional experience covering the food/drink product market— a familiarity with cooking gadgets and kitchen tools a plus
- An understanding of and interest in the latest food/drink space
Media Editor Job Description
- Production of native art assets for Pinterest and other platforms
- Help the Editorial Insights team to execute Pinterest strategy for HDM brands around newsy events and seasonal trends
- Work with Social Media Manger on reporting and other data sourcing
- Embed with editorial teams (Delish, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, ELLE and more) to optimize their posts for Pinterest, and helping social promotion around special packages
- Write and report 3-5 original essays, news responses, experiential pieces, interviews, or lists per day
- Commission and edit 1-2 personal essays from freelancers per week
- Pitch original essays, news responses, experiential pieces, interviews, or lists daily
- Execute reporting assignments from the section editor
- Collaborate with the Editor on a long-term content strategy for new verticals
- Write, plan and schedule multiple stories a day in the Travel and Weddings subchannels
- A willingness to pick up the phone and report out stories yourself
- Familiarity with CMS, social media platforms, and analytics tools
- 5+ years working in digital media with a focus on social
- Strong editorial judgement and experience in lifestyle content
- Strong interest in Pinterest, with demonstrable success
- Design/media background a plus
Media Editor Job Description
- Collaborate with photo studio on original features
- Network with publicists in both verticals for long-term partnerships and exclusives
- Mine social media and other sites for trending stories that would be of interest to the Bazaar.com reader
- Collaborate with Editor and Social Media editors on audience development of new vertical
- Work with digital and magazine editors the PR, marketing, and advertising teams to develop and support any native- or event-based social programs
- Shepherding buyer’s guide content through the production process
- Attending auto shows on behalf of Car and Driver
- Oversee culture coverage (writing and editing), ensuring a mix of subjects, range of content (from quick takes and news posts to packages to reported out features), and diversity of subjects
- Increase ELLE.com’s music coverage with strategy to ensure traffic growth
- Use a range of analytics tools to identify trending stories, track the progress of the stories published and evaluate their performance after the fact
- All-around love for the Internet and millennial culture
- A knowledge of and passion for cultural sex and dating trends
- The ability to write quickly in a funny, smart, conversational tone that makes readers want to share your content
- Excellent interviewing skills, and the reporting tenacity to get anyone on the phone
- A love of all social platforms
- A deep understanding of Snapchat, Snapchat Discover, the social space, and a love of all things visual
Media Editor Job Description
- Keep up to date with developments in the media asset industry, changes in copyright law and image-related technology
- Managing proper audio encoding
- Develop editorial ideas that make readers feel something
- Research and discover potential partners to help bring those ideas to life
- Be strategic about who we're working with and why
- Be a voracious consumer of all things digital, curious about various mediums, aware of media trends, and excited about newfangled possibilities
- Work with the editorial teams to develop features, packages, and editorial initiatives that leverage these partners
- Solicit editorial ideas from partners
- Be excellent at pitching ideas and communicating ours brands’ voices
- Manage relationships with partners
- 5+ years editorial experience, social media editor experience a plus
- Passion for analytics, reporting, and decoding what works
- Obsession with social media
- A love for all things *~Cosmo~* (appreciation of glitter and unicorns helps)
- At least 5 years as a women’s lifestyle editor, with mostly digital experience
- Familiarity with and interest in travel and weddings
Media Editor Job Description
- Track performance metrics
- Responsible for the daily editorial content of the Money Stream section
- Determines the editorial "voice" for sections or for a high profile section, ensuring that they meet, or it meets, the overall editorial direction set for the site(s)
- Plans and executes features in assigned section(s)
- Develops and maintains relationships with editorial and creative talent own sources
- Create meaningful content roundups and reviews of the latest products/services in the appliance space
- Work directly with your existing PR contacts and brand contacts to call in products to test in-house, request social promotion, and continue to build relationships
- Work closely with internal partnership teams such as SEO, Syndication and Social to ensure all content is well optimized, promoted, and performing well
- Pitch content ideas on a regular basis
- Create meaningful content roundups and reviews of the latest products/services in the health/fitness space
- Ability to edit compelling personal essays that will resonate with Millennial moms
- Experience bringing inspirational content to life through imagery, text and video
- Expertise in crafting headlines for maximum audience engagement and traffic
- Understanding of what appeals visually to women’s fashion audiences and ability to work with design team on eye-catching promotional imagery
- Versed in Facebook Insights, social media management tools, CMS, web-based graphics tools, Photoshop, light HTML
- At least 5+ years experience as a Beauty Editor, including experience on shoots