Managing Editor

Vgm Group, Inc

Job Location:

Yarmouth, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

United Publications is a privately held business-to-business media company headquartered on the Royal River in Yarmouth Maine. Since 1981 United has produced market leading newspapers conferences and most eMedia products focused on security and HME industry specific news. United Publications provides a dynamic and challenging workplace that supports professional and personal growth.

Position Summary:Managing Editor for the HME News portfolio of United Publications a VGM Group company. HME News delivers industry news to the home medical equipment (HME) market through print and eMedia.

Whats more At VGM Group we are 100% employee owned. Click to view more about VGM!

Reporting Accountability:Editorial Director

Working Location:Remote fully open to a remote candidate. Periodically (2/- times a year) travel may be required to visit the main office in Yarmouth ME

Work Hours Classification: Full-time Monday Friday; additional hours above and beyond 40 does occur based on the needs of the role.

Responsibilities/Duties of the Job

An experienced reporter/writer who can produce well-researched engaging copy on tight deadlines. The Managing Editor is part of a two-person editorial team. Duties include:

Covering assigned news beats
Producing stories for weekly email newsletters and monthly print publication / digital edition
Contributing to social media accounts
Conducting phone and video interviews
Occasional webcast and podcast hosting
Posting stories web updates and videos to website
Managing a revolving group of industry guest writers
Leading layout of the publication
Managing story budget

Position Qualifications:

Skills and competencies:

The ideal candidate will have five or more years of experience writing and reporting in a daily news setting. You should have a flair for writing and the desire to get the news first; demonstrated leadership qualities; a strong work ethic; excellent copy-editing skills; and InDesign experience. Business writing expertise and an understanding of the HME market are a plus.

Education:

A bachelors degree in journalism English or a closely related field is required.

Physical Requirements

Sitting for long amounts of time
Using technology efficiently such as computers phones misc. office equipment
Standing

Learn more about VGM Group Inc.:

Headquartered in Waterloo Iowa VGM is a 100% employee-owned company providing business and professional services to thousands of business customers across North America. Services include group purchasing commercial insurance management of healthcare services and networks in post-acute cases healthcare distribution direct to patient homes specialty consulting online education digital print and traditional marketing and more. VGM employs approximately 1700 people across 40 states and Canada with more than 1100 working in Iowa. VGM has been named the Top Workplace in Iowa on multiple occasions and is proud of its role in the communities in which it serves. For more information visit .

This job description reflects the general duties of the job but is not a detailed description of all duties which may be inherent to the position. Reasonably related additional duties may be assigned to the individual Associate.

VGM Group Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex pregnancy national origin disability genetic information military or veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.