Senior Audience Development Manager, The California Post

Job Description :

The New York Post is heading West and this is your chance to be a part of history as we open a brand-new newsroom and make a significant investment in Los Angeles. The California Post will be a game changer putting the people of the Golden State first and holding the powerful to account across digital platforms and print.

This is a unique once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: The California Post will bring The New York Posts DNA of powerful agenda-setting journalism to the West Coast and be a fresh and fearless voice for common sense.

Our focus will also go well beyond hard-hitting news and iconoclastic opinion. The nationally recognized Page Six will bring its sassy and brassy attitude directly to the entertainment capital of the world. The California Post Sports department will deliver muscular coverage of the biggest teams in town from the locker room to the front office. Our Tech team will reveal the latest innovators and innovations that will shape the nations future.

Los Angeles is one of the great cities of the world and its time L.A. and California at large had a bold new voice. The California Post will be that voice. California here we come!

The California Post is seeking a Senior Audience Development Manager to help shape and execute our audience optimization strategy as we expand to California. This role will report into the Senior Director of Audience Development (California Post) working closely with cross-functional teams.

The Senior Audience Development Manager will play a key role in driving multi-platform discoverability ensuring our journalism reaches the widest possible audience across search video social and emerging AI-driven platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Lead The California Posts audience optimization and discovery strategy for tentpole events ensuring optimized visibility across Google YouTube social and AI-driven search.

• Pitch trending evergreen and planned content strategies that strengthen The California Posts authority and multi-platform presence.

• Develop and own optimization strategies for franchises brand initiatives and key content verticals both on- and off-platform.

• Manage optimization strategy for homepage landing pages and article templates to improve discoverability engagement and conversions.

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including editorial product development video data and marketing to align audience strategies.

• Conduct keyword and platform research to identify content gaps emerging trends and audience demand.

• Monitor performance metrics competitive benchmarks and platform analytics to inform strategy and adjust in real time.

• Stay ahead of industry shifts platform algorithms and evolving search standards; translate changes into actionable newsroom strategies.

• Participate in editorial meetings and contribute real-time optimization insights to shape coverage.

• Conduct regular training sessions and audits to ensure best practices are embedded across the newsroom.

Qualifications:

• 5-7 years in SEO audience development or platform optimization within a newsroom or relevant digital media environment

• Expertise in multi-platform optimization (Google YouTube emerging AI search engines; social media optimization experience a plus)

• Experience using competitive SEO and analytics tools (SEMrush Google Trends Google Search Console Google Analytics)

• Understanding of the SEO industry and Googles evolving web standards; proficiency in structured data/ is a plus

• Ability to balance priorities and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment; experience in a California-based newsroom is a plus

• Ability to be both a self-starter and team player; strong interpersonal and communication skills are required

• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail

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In addition to compensation the company provides eligible employees a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

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