Senior Audience Editor

Senior Audience Editor

Job Level: Digital Editor III

Minimum Salary: $72,000.00

USA TODAY's Audience team is looking for an energetic senior editor of audience to assist in directing USA TODAY's award-winning coverage across digital platforms in the evenings. This senior editor will move at the speed of news in a 24/7 newsroom, working with section editors and content leaders on coverage needs while coordinating fast-paced work across Audience platforms. The candidate must demonstrate strong news judgment and have prior digital news experience. S/he will specialize in finding a wide audience for USA TODAY's stories, photos, videos, graphics and other content, and optimizing them for different social and digital platforms at night. This candidate will help to guide editors and teammates on how to create eye-catching social graphics, top-notch alerts, conversational social copy, unique newsletter subject lines and more.

The senior editor will assist with planning for evening coverage, including prioritizing assignments and ensuring audience plans are created, edited and ready to launch as news warrants.

The editor will also work on mobile/desktop programming, will write/edit daily, do additional content creation and manage digital platforms in real time as news and needs warrant. Candidates should demonstrate a strong understanding of audience metrics and engagement tactics.

This role is remote and can be based anywhere in the US, except for Alaska and Hawaii.

Shift is evening, Tuesday through Saturday.

A compelling candidate:

• Has a passion for finding unique, creative ways to engage with news audiences
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of audience metrics and engagement tactics.
• Is a proactive self-starter with excellent time management skills.
• Is eager to mentor the newsroom on audience best practices, trends, and insights.
• Has a strong interest in what audience cares about and the tools used to discover trends.
• Can manage coverage in fluid, fast-breaking, stressful situations with sound news judgment.
• Be able to meet deadlines and prioritize competing demands.
• Has a passion for audience growth, social media and finding new ways to reach readers.
• Is an eagle-eyed copy editor with a background in editing and writing.
• Will participate in news meetings to stay informed about coverage plans.
• Has the ability and willingness to work on weekends and nights as part of a 24/7 newsroom.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in journalism or any other subject or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of newsroom experience
• An understanding of project management practices to organize a robust audience portfolio.
• Impeccable news judgment and ability to react quickly to real-time breaking coverage.
• Experience working on deadline for a major news outlet.
• A collaborative spirit and explanatory attitude that encourages everyone in the newsroom to work together toward audience outreach.
• Knowledge of major audience platforms, including sending alerts, managing a home page, social platforms like Facebook, TikTok, X, Threads, Instagram and LinkedIn, best practices and functions, and how people consume information there.
• A curiosity in how people use digital platforms for news in a fast-evolving media ecosystem.
• Expert knowledge of social platform analytics, where to find them, how to collect them and analyze them.

Application Instructions

We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don't limit your upload to a resume; show us what you've done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order:

1. Your resume - one to two pages.
2. A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job.

It is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.

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