Editor, Pets

Job Title
Editor, Pets
Job Description
Job Summary:
The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced digital writer and editor with an affinity for pet-related content. This role supports both dailypaws.com and thesprucepets.com. Responsibilities include pitching, researching, assigning, editing, and writing various forms of content-articles, editorial programs, social assets, and other types as needed for all channels and aspects of our Pets brands. Requires 5+ years of digital writing, reporting, and editing experience and the ability to excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Tasks include:

• Pitching, researching, and writing daily posts and evergreen content optimized for performance on multiple traffic channels (search, social, newsletters)
• Performing relevant SEO research, creating assignments for optimized content creation, and top-editing news and evergreen stories that you assign to freelance and contract writers
• Driving news coverage strategy, using site and social metrics to curate, assign, and edit on-brand news stories that drive traffic on multiple channels
• Act as final QA editor for stories as needed
• Staying up-to-date on industry trends and market launches, and identifying relevant story opportunities
• Act as a representative of our Pets brand at press or brand events, identifying opportunities for written content, social assets, or video
• Assist with essential functions such as creating and maintaining the brands' writing style guides, updating channel programming, producing/building content as needed, uploading video assets, scheduling content, and optimizing existing content

Essential Job Functions:

• Pitch, write, assign, update, and/or edit content for both Daily Paws and The Spruce Pets
• Work closely with Associate Editorial Director and GM on executing sold programs.
• Work with the commerce editorial teams to create and update content as needed.
• Collaborate with our social, newsletter, SEO, and related departments
• Build and edit stories in the CMS
• Attend industry events and represent the brand

Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:
Education:
Bachelors' degree in Journalism or related field
Experience:
5+ years of digital experience
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Incredible writing, editing, and brainstorming skills
• Excellent proofreading skills and ability to edit in line with a style guide
• A proven track record of creating and curating content that drives traffic and engagement
• A strong attention to detail with the ability to multitask on tight deadlines
• A strategic thinker who considers traffic and social analytics while making editorial decisions
• An adaptable worker who can shift focus from one task to another.
• An idea generator who can think of new, fresh ways to package content
• Excellent people skills and dedication to a collaborative work environment.
• Experience with analytics or search tools like SEM Rush, Google Analytics and Google Trends
• Experience working in a CMS
• Enthusiastic about pets

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com.
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