Associate Editorial Director, Food & Wine Commerce

About The Position | Major goals and objectives and location requirements 

Dotdash Meredith is looking for an Associate Editorial Director to help oversee the day-to-day assigning and editorial strategy for the Evergreen business on Food & Wine. In addition to ensuring the smooth publishing of new content and article updates, this person should possess an enthusiasm for the digital food ecosystem, first-class communication and management skills, and the ability to balance editorial content production and revenue goals. They may also be asked to support our News and Deals and Social and video strategy as needed. This role will report to an Editorial Director and will be responsible for managing 2+ direct reports.

• Define and implement testing and editorial strategy for Food & Wine Evergreen to increase audience and drive user engagement.

• Manage a team of editors, working with them to identify new content ideas, assign to freelancers, and update existing articles while adhering to brand voice and style.

• Manage progress toward monthly and quarterly team goals, including content production, budget, revenue, product testing, and tentpole events. 

• Analyze traffic and revenue and make both editorial and data-driven decisions based on your knowledge. 

• Collaborate with various teams including Growth, Research & Testing, News and Deals, and Editorial.

• Keep pulse on industry trends and competition to identify trends, paradigm shifts, and opportunities within the food space.

• Participate in meetings with key stakeholders to review metrics, discuss content improvement ideas, and provide a progress status on the editorial roadmap.

• Use editorial judgment to help implement content features within content, such as inline video, charts and graphs, images, and data tables.

• Has a passion for all things food/cooking related with a particular expertise in kitchen and cookware.

About The Team:

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This role will report to an Editorial Director and will be responsible for managing 2+ direct reports. This person will also collaborate closely with various teams: News and Deals, Editorial, Social, Growth, Research & Testing, Production, Video, etc.

About Food & Wine

Food & Wine celebrates the global epicurean experience with its award-winning magazine, website, social platforms, newsletters, podcasts, premium events such as the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, and accolades like its annual Best New Chef awards. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel, and home coverage, the brand inspires and empowers people to discover, create, and devour the best in food and drink—every day and everywhere. Our New York City- and Birmingham, Alabama-based editors are committed to our core values of inclusivity and hospitality, and we strive to offer a welcoming, informative, entertaining, and respectful experience for all people. FOOD & WINE is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.

About The Positions Contributions:

Weight % Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results

70% Content Strategy and Editing 

30% Collaboration