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Senior Home & Garden Editor
Meredith
New York, NY, United States
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Job Title Senior Home & Garden Editor, Meredith Digital
I. Job Summary | Major goals and objectives.
Meredith Digital Home Vertical, including Martha Stewart Living is seeking a senior home and garden writer/editor who has an obsessive interest in home décor, home keeping, gardening, and an eye for what’s next before it is even a glimmer of a trend.
• Write daily content for Meredith Digital Home Vertical, including features, image-heavy slideshows, interviews, and timely news pieces
• Pitch and package stories together on an ongoing basis
• Work with print counterpart to ensure digital repackaging and additional needs, like video or design, of stories are captured during print planning
• Develop and maintain relationships with design industry insiders through PR events
• Become/Is an expert on the latest in home decorating, gardening, home keeping
• You must be a self-starter with excellent time-management skills and the ability to juggle multiple deadlines, be a problem solver, and produce stories simultaneously, while keeping an eye on upcoming material
• Ability to manage junior staff, multiple freelancers, budget, and photo shoots
• MUST know how to turn challenges into opportunities
II. Essential Job Functions
Weight % Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results
20 Be creative, innovative, and able to pitch story ideas daily
10 Basic HTML and CMS knowledge a must
30 Possess a strong knowledge of interior design/home décor, and/or lifestyle industries with industry contacts
20 Have the ability to work calmly under pressure and meet tight, daily deadlines with a strong sense of accountability
20 Have strong visual sensibilities and understanding of what makes a strong image, GIF, video, and what would work well not just in the story, but on social too
100%
III. Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements | All must be met to be considered.
Education:
BA/BS
Experience:
3-4 years working in a digital environment
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
HTML, CMS, Photoshop, analytic tools, ability to turn data into insights
% Travel Required (Approximate): less than 10%