Job Description
About Us: TMB (Trusted Media Brands) is a community-driven entertainment company that produces content inspired and created by our fans. We offer best-in-class insights and data-driven marketing solutions that reach engaged communities passionate about food, home, lifestyle and wellness; and now following our August 2021 acquisition of Jukin Media, a leading digital entertainment company, we also engage audiences across the pets, humor, and active lifestyle verticals. In all, we reach nearly 60 million people in the U.S., and deliver more than two billion minutes of monthly video viewership across streaming TV and social media. See what is new at FailArmy, Taste of Home, The Pet Collective, Family Handyman, People Are Awesome, Reader’s Digest, The Healthy and Birds & Blooms.
About the role: As a full-time Contract Editor for Taste of Home, you’ll use your extensive culinary knowledge and sharp editorial eye to edit and publish engaging, on-brand recipes, articles and listicles to drive organic traffic and increase visibility of our digital content. With an understanding of SEO best practices and an interest in the world of cooking, the Contact Editor will copyedit and publish Taste of Home content and provide feedback to writers. This position reports to a Senior Editor.
About you: A nimble editor who thrives on deadlines, you balance your culinary experience with outstanding attention to detail. You are comfortable merging fun turns of phrase with SEO-driven formats to ensure that what we are creating delivers for the audience and helps Taste of Home meet our key content-creation and traffic targets. You are organized, eager to collaborate across teams, and appreciate the value of giving feedback to help others grow . At home, you love to cook and track what is happening in the food world.
Your day-to-day: - You edit SEO-driven food content according to weekly publishing goals, adhering to copyediting best practices and AP and house style
- You mentor writers by sharing culinary knowledge and editing tips, regularly providing feedback
- You support editorial strategy with a full understanding of editorial integrity, brand voice, shareability and engagement, and knowledge of SEO principles and social networks
- You tackle assignments with daily direction from a Senior Editor
You have: - 5+ years of full-time experience writing and editing digital food content
- Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, media, marketing or a related field
- Professional culinary experience or degree a plus.
- Solid knowledge and understanding of the digital landscape, particularly SEO strategy and performance metrics
- Proven knowledge of SEO best practices, a CMS (content management system) such as WordPress, a project database such as Airtable, basic HTML and AP style
- Keen organization skills, consistently meeting deadlines and catching all the details
- Effective communication skills: comfortable accepting and giving constructive feedback, with a commitment to supporting an evolving, dynamic team
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience and/or interest in working with global teams
- A keen familiarity with, and interest in, the food and food-lifestyle space
Trusted Media Brands embraces inclusivity and values our diverse community. We are committed to building a team based on qualifications, merit and business need. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. #LI-Remote
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