Audience Editor (Search), The Week Digital US

The digital edition of the award-winning current affairs magazine, The Week, is looking for an Audience Editor, focused on attracting new readers and subscribers by smart use of SEO. Like our sister print publications, The Week’s website carefully selects the best news articles, features and opinion pieces from media outlets across the globe and weaves them together into bite-size digests and comprehensive articles. 

What you'll be doing...

As the Audience Editor, you will be:

• Developing a content search strategy to attract and convert new audiences via organic search, while maintaining The Week's tone and brand values
• Using analytics tools to monitor performance and react to Google algorithm updates 
• Suggesting articles that will increase traffic to the site
• Guiding the social media editor and editing their social media posts, with an understanding of The Week’s tone, voice and house style, as well as the ways in which The Week content works and doesn’t work on social media 
• Providing feedback and any updates regarding SEO best practices
• Supporting the social media editor and editorial and marketing teams as needed
• Supporting the social media editor’s daily social media output as needed

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• Minimum 5 years of experience working in audience engagement and search
• Proven track record in audience growth
• Strong knowledge of and interest in current affairs and world news
• Familiarity with The Week’s approach to news and a good sense of what interests our readers
• Experience using content management systems

What's in it for you you...

We have several awesome perks available to our staff. We offer:

• A fantastic culture focused on caring for our people, fostering success, and offering various opportunities to learn, develop, and grow skills
• Uncapped holiday, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
• A corporate ClassPass account so our employees can get discounted plan rates
• Commuter benefits offered for your hybrid work schedule
• 401k matching
• When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
• Refer a friend and get rewarded when they join Future
• Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan

Internal job family level E5

Please note, the salary range for this position is $70-000 - $75,000

This is a Remote based role: Future US is currently eligible to hire in 34 states - Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Kentucky.

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for experienced people who want to be a part of it.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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