Associate Editor, Knowledge Projects

This role will be based in New York NY.

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team. 

LinkedIn is looking for an Associate Editor to support the growth of our LinkedIn List this role the editor will work with editors around the world as well as cross-functional teams to produce data-driven rankings that help professionals navigate their careers. This requires strong project management and communications skills to operate these projects across teams and time zones as well as basic data fluency and good editorial judgment.

The ideal candidate is a self starter and quick learner with experience reporting and working in a fast-paced environment. The candidate should feel comfortable with analyzing data and have strong attention to detail. 

Youll be joining a global team of journalists who help cultivate curate and create the content that flows through LinkedIn. Youll work closely with editors across time zones and cultures to drive complex projects forward ultimately helping members around the world pinpoint new opportunities to grow their careers.

Responsibilities 

• Establish materials that help streamline project processes and keep projects highly organized for broader teams.
• Support projects from beginning data pulls through final reporting of results.
• Clearly communicate project steps across teams and ability to tackle problems as they arise.
• Work with big data sets to adjust data and identify issues partnering with in-house data scientists to fix.
• Understand benchmark success metrics to evaluate project performance.
• Report write and edit the lists themselves as well as related features.
• Work cross-functionally to understand competing needs and find solutions from data to editorial peers to PR.
• Build distribution tactics by having an understanding of content distribution.
• Identify emerging opportunities and experiment with new ways to share and tell stories that fit LinkedIns professional audience.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Journalism Communications English or Creative Writing
• 1 year of experience writing and editing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a news or media environment 
• Project management experience
• Passionate about organization and deadline-driven
• Comfortable with data
• Willingness to pitch in where needed to achieve the goals of a small team
• Passion for LinkedIn and editorials goal of bringing professionals the news and insights they need.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• A strategic approach with a knack for testing and iterating to find out what works
• Willingness to experiment with and embrace tools like ChatGPT Copilot and emerging technologies to find ways to streamline more manual tasks 

Suggested Skills

• Editorial Experience
• Project Management 
• Content Distribution

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.  

The pay range for this role is $80000 to $130000.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.  

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit Information :

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Employment Type :

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