Editor, News & Entertainment, Esquire

Job Description

Esquire is seeking a thoughtful, creative thinker with serious story editing chops and a fountain of ideas to join our editorial team. You will assign and edit pieces ranging from quick-hit news to reviews, interviews, and zeitgeisty think pieces. You will also oversee the evergreen entertainment SEO initiative.

Resonsibilities:
• Contribute to Esquire's culture coverage (writing and editing), ensuring a mix of subjects within a range of content-from quick takes and news posts to reported stories and packages.
• Manage daily SEO output
• Cultivate and manage a stable of freelance writers.
• Develop editorial series and franchises.
• Develop and maintain relationships with PRs and studios for booking talent for interviews, videos, or social media opportunities etc.

Qualifications:
• 4+ years writing and editing experience in a digital-first work environment
• Deadline-driven, creative thinker, with a strong journalistic sensibility
• Versatile, able to shift gears quickly and manage several projects simultaneously in a daily publishing environment
• Familiar with analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Google Trends
• Knowledge and familiarity with SEO best practices
• You have an endless appetite for all things entertainment and culture and a discerning eye for internet culture and trends.

The base salary for this role is between $67,000-$70,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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