Associate Editorial Director Food

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About The Position Major goals and objectives

Food & Wine is seeking an Associate Editorial Director Food to oversee its food editorial vision and operations. You should have a strong foundation as a leader and manager as a writer editor and multimedia storyteller and have a passion for food and culinary expertise. You will oversee a team of food editors develop and execute a strategy for bestinclass content and user experience to grow the Food & Wine audience support revenue goals and increase engagement.

In this role you will report to and work closely with the EditorinChief Senior Editorial Director Editorial Director and General Manager. You will create a datainformed audiencedriven food content strategy and manage a team of editors to produce highquality content and editorial programs for all brand platforms including the magazine social and email channels and other extensions.

As the food editorial lead you will also partner regularly with shared digital and magazine teams including marketing email design growth video food studios social strategy commerce sales print PR and more to support brand growth priorities.

The Associate Editorial Director will feel extremely comfortable using data and insights to guide content strategy. Comfort working in a fastpaced environment is essential. They are responsible for managing projects to be completed on time enforcing Food Department deadlines tracking and analyzing content performance. Its crucial for this role to maintain a good relationship with the Food Studios through daily weekly and monthly deadlines and touchpoints. Good communication organization and efficient time management are paramount to our success.

About The Positions Contributions:

Weight Accountabilities Actions and Expected Measurable Results

• 20: Oversee food editorial vision and strategy for Food & Wine print and digital platforms and brand extensions. Manage of editorial initiatives to meet goals and create an optimal editorial experience for our readers in the magazine and all digital platforms including digital social and syndication partners.

• 20: Work with the EditorinChief and other brand editorial leaders to guide the creation of onbrand crossplatform content that is digitallyperformant and addresses our audience growth goals. Work with the General Manager Senior Editorial Director Editorial Director and EditorinChief to develop and implement the editorial vision mission strategy and operational plans against established budget and goals.

• 20: Collaborate with food editors art photo and Food Studios to deliver high quality recipe images. Oversee the digital and print food editorial calendar daytoday issuetoissue

• 10: Provide training guidance and best practices on content and projects.

• 10: Clearly communicate team priorities as they evolve and remove barriers to productivity so staff members can adjust their work to meet changing goals.

• 10: Uphold and cultivate our Good Egg Culture. Champion Food & Wines commitment to Inclusion and the 4Cs to ensure that our workfrom the content we publish to daily interactionscomes from a place of inclusion.

• 10: Appear as talent at events in video radio or broadcast interviews and leverage social media presence on behalf of the brand as opportunities arise.

The Roles Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent training and/or experience.

Experience:

• 5 years of experience writing editing and curating digital food/drinks content for a large digital publisher including 2 years in a managerial position.

Specific Knowledge Skills Certifications and Abilities:

• A strong passion for food and culinary expertise. Experience in food media culinary school or other foodrelated experience is preferred but not required but required.

• Selfdriven; high degree of collaboration organization and positivity; ability to thrive in a fastchanging environment.

• Able to meet strict deadlines and prioritize accordingly. Very organized.

• Proficient in using CMS and editorial production tools

• SEO Research: SEMRush Google Trends and other data insights

• Analytics tools such as Looker Google Analytics

• Digital content workflow tools such as AirTable

Travel Required Approximate: 10

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