Managing Editor

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Collider Full time

Note**:While this is a freelance, remote position, we are looking for an experienced Managing Editor to join our team in a permanent capacity. **_Please note that this is not a video editing role._

Collider's editorial team is looking for a highly experienced Managing Editor to oversee site leadership on a rapidly expanding team of skilled writers and editors.

**Responsibilities**:

- Participate in both team and site leadership
- Liaise with Editor-In-Chief and Valnet supervisors regarding team progress, challenges, needs
- Attend daily editorial pitch meetings whenever possible to provide pitch feedback and maintain editorial vision
- Lead weekly staff meetings to communicate progress on traffic goals, announce site-wide initiatives and updates, and offer team support
- Lead weekly model meetings with Valnet supervisors to communicate staff bandwidth, and track progress on traffic goals and output initiatives
- Create and implement a plan for sustained growth
- Audit the site to determine what is being done well, and identify areas that need change or improvement
- Propose and implement effective solutions for achieving the ambitious output/sessions targets
- Content planning
- Research and identify topics and content types that will drive traffic using Google Analytics and other available data sources; find ways to greatly expand our current coverage
- Source stories and angles for the writers/editors
- Maintain and optimize a robust catalog of evergreen articles
- Team management, development, and personnel growth support
- Liaise with HR and participate in talent acquisition efforts
- Lead editor interviews- Coordinate with the training team to maintain up-to-date training systems and assist with Lead Editor training and onboarding
- Oversee and manage all writers and editors on the site staff
- Manage a growing international team of 150+, including 15+ direct reports across Features, News, Art and Video Teams
- Ensure team is maintaining output targets and quality expectations; hold team accountable for missed opportunities
- Manage the internal development of both writers and editors
- Build an effective team of quality editors with technical skills and industry knowledge
- Provide feedback and ensure editors and adhering to Collider's publication standards, and are contributing/editing the necessary amounts
- Make the Collider team a positive, engaging space for technology enthusiasts who want to contribute actively and grow with the team

**Requirements**:

- Relevant, experience in **senior** editing roles (managing editor, deputy editor, editor-in-chief) of a digital publication specializing in technology content
- Image editing
- SEO
- Analytics (GA)
- Freelance writer management
- Proven track record of growing a team, expanding coverage, and driving traffic

What Collider has to offer:

- Autonomy to lead and build out a team with the potential to become an essential resource among technology consumers
- Perks atypical of a freelance role
- Guaranteed hours
- Stable monthly income
- Healthcare stipend
- Generous bonusing opportunities
- Paid time off
- Tremendous opportunity for growth within a well-respected, major player in the entertainment journalism sphere.

We're looking forward to hearing from you

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