Features Director, Delish

Why Hearst Magazines?

Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 25 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone.

But we're more than just our magazines. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels-print, digital, video, and social-with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.

Why Delish?

We're the fastest-growing food brand on the Internet. Delish was built on the idea that you don't have to know how to cook, you just have to love to eat. Seven years later, this still rings true as we bring people together through food.

Your impact:

Delish is searching for an ambitious and creative Features Director with excellent management and organizational skills to help shape, sharpen and steer the brand's features and news coverage across the website, print, and social platforms. This role will be working closely with our Food Director and Director of Video, and report to our Executive Editor. This is a job for someone excited to push Delish's non-recipe content forward to achieve both traffic goals and contribute to the cultural conversation. The ideal candidate is a big-picture thinker with a vision who can also thrive in the everyday: managing a team and executing a variety of large and small features and news stories on tight deadlines. Please note: For consideration, resumes must be submitted in PDF format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio of work.

What you'll do:

• Foster and maintain a positive, productive and respectful work environment.
• Shepherd the creation of all non-recipe editorial content, from conception to publishing.
• Work with Executive Director and Food Director to create and maintain Delish's editorial calendar; work cross functionally with art, video, social, etc. on tight deadlines
• Manage edit team and recruit new voices and writers for our freelance network.
• Pitch, assign, edit, and write (time permitting) features including but not limited to: celebrity/chef interviews, opinion pieces, reactions/second-day stories to of-the-moment trends and events, deep dives into food culture
• Lead weekly edit meetings, keep team abreast of issues/changes that come from upper management
• Monitor traffic, story analytics, and general data to ensure we're hitting monthly goals
• Manage non-recipe SEO assignments doc; assign gallery/story updates and new features
• Manage strategic partnership with MSN; pitch monthly stories (updates and new), assign approved stories, edit and send to partnerships team
• Ensure all SEO and eComm content is getting executed in a timely manner, following best practices and high editorial standards and ensuring we hit goals.

Who you are:

• 10+ years' experience in editorial space. Experience in food media is a plus
• A detail-oriented editor with strong writing skills
• Knowledgeable about SEO best practices and able to utilize Google Analytics or other tools
• Experience managing and mentoring a staff
• A robust network of food industry contacts and writers