Senior Manager, Editorial Operations
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
BDG is one of todays leading global media companies with a portfolio of distinct digital and experiential brands that are shaping culture through its authentic and trusted storytelling. Audiences turn to our brands to hear from a set of diverse voices around the interests engaging the next generation. Founded in 2013 the Company reaches over 223 million readers and social fans and serves hundreds of the worlds largest advertisers.
The Role: Bustle Digital Group (BDG) is seeking a Senior Manager Editorial Operations to support and strengthen the workflows that connect our editorial teams with sales marketing and design. This role is ideal for someone who wants to understand the media industry from every angle from brainstorming creative campaigns to ensuring complex projects launch smoothly and on ll play a critical role in project managing editorial initiatives and sold campaigns making sure all stakeholders are aligned timelines are met and deliverables are executed at the highest quality. At the same time youll have opportunities to flex your creative muscles whether its shaping concepts in brainstorms drafting campaign copy or supporting innovative editorial moments like digital issues and celebrity covers.
Please note: This is a non-union position and is not covered under the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) collective bargaining agreement.
What Youll Do
- Operational Project Management
- Own timelines trackers and deliverables for sold campaigns ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.
- Keep editorial calendars current and communicate updates to senior management and revenue teams.
- Attend internal kickoff calls ensuring Editors-in-Chief and stakeholders are aligned on goals deliverables and deadlines.
- Identify bottlenecks in processes and work with teams to implement operational improvements.
- Act as a key liaison between editorial sales marketing ad operations and design.
- Translate business needs into editorial workflows budgets and make sure editorial priorities are represented in cross-departmental conversations.
- Supervise and provide direction to project coordinators freelancers and cross-functional team members including assigning tasks reviewing work and providing feedback.
- Develop manage and approve project schedules budgets and resource allocation with discretion and authority to adjust as needed.
- Exercise discretion and independent judgment in selecting vendors allocating budget resources and determining project priorities.
- Creative & Editorial Support
- Contribute to brainstorming sessions with editorial sales and marketing to help shape creative opportunities.
- Support the development and execution of digital issues celebrity covers and tentpole editorial initiatives.
- Assist in drafting campaign-related copy editor communications and other creative touchpoints as needed.
- Business Development & Strategic Projects
- Support BDGs business development initiatives (e.g. partnerships licensing) by ensuring editorial teams are looped into planning and execution.
- Collaborate on special projects that require operational oversight from sponsorship boards to workflow documentation.
About You
- 46 years of experience in digital media editorial operations marketing or a related field.
- Strong project management skills you know how to scope a project set deadlines and hold teams accountable.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with a knack for spotting gaps and creating systems to close them.
- Excellent communicator who can manage up across and down and knows how to adapt your message for different stakeholders.
- Comfortable working with spreadsheets trackers and project management tools (like ).
- Creative thinker who enjoys being part of editorial brainstorms and writing when needed.
- Curious adaptable and excited to learn how editorial business and creative strategy come together at a modern media company.
- Experience managing budgets timelines and stakeholder relationships.
- Experience managing and directing staff or project teams with accountability for performance outcomes.
$70000 - $85000 a year
BDG Media Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to and will not be discriminated against based on age race gender color religion national origin sexual orientation gender identity veteran status disability or any other protected category.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- Proofreading
- Growing Experience
- Buffer
- Content Management Systems
- MailChimp
- Management Experience
- Copy Editing
- AP Style
- Content Development
- Metadata
- Copywriting
- DocuSign
About Company
BDG is one of today’s leading global media companies with a portfolio of distinct digital and experiential brands that shape culture. Over 100 million readers turn to our brands to hear from a set of diverse voices on what's engaging the next generation.
