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Senior Editor
Gannett
Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an innovative, digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across our network. With an unmatched local-to-national reach, Gannett touches the lives of more than 110 million people monthly with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services. Gannett brands include USA TODAY NETWORK with the iconic USA TODAY and more than 100 local media brands, digital marketing services companies ReachLocal and SweetIQ, and U.K. media company Newsquest
Grateful Ventures, a Gannett Co. Inc. company and part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, is seeking a Senior Editor to help shape and manage the food vision for our brands from our headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced editor to work with our recipe developers, food stylists, food photographers and post-production editors at Grateful Ventures.
The successful candidate will be an experienced editor and writer with a passion for food and formal culinary training and experience. He or she will be organized, energetic, naturally creative and have good leadership skills.
In this role, you will:
• Pitch and develop seasonally-relevant content packages for web and print that appeal to the masses
• Work hand-in-hand with our recipe developers, video production, graphic design, social media, and marketing teams
• Nurture a network of talented contributors and influencers, develop creative submission concepts, and manage the assignment/submission process
• Manage food content workflow from inception to publication
• Monitor and leverage trends and metrics
Here’s what you need:
• BA/BS in Journalism, Communications or related area or equivalent experience
• BS in Culinary Arts and/or Food Science or related area or equivalent experience
• Immersed in all things culinary - with a desire and ability to produce engaging food content that inspires people to Pin it, make it, eat it, share it
• Nimble multitasker who is comfortable fielding questions from various departments and freelancers - while simultaneously brainstorming future content ideas, writing engaging headlines and intro copy, and maintaining assignment/budget records
• Capable problem-solver and committed team-player with the skills to execute ambitious editorial projects
• Detail-oriented and analytical, with a passion for quality writing, reader experience, and continuous improvement
• Proven planning and organizational skills
• Comfortable in a highly collaborative, energetic, start-up office culture
Here's what we have to offer:
We offer an extremely competitive compensation plan and career growth opportunities. We also offer you a full benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, employee discounts and domestic partner benefits. Our 401(k) is topnotch and contributions you make, up to the first 5% eligible for a 100% Company match!
About us:
Grateful Ventures is a “start-up” within Gannett. We are a dynamic, smart, fun team that is growing at a fast pace. Grateful is an online media and publishing coalition, focusing on building content and monetization strategies for high value domains. Our creative collective brings together brightest minds in online media, with hard-earned expertise and deep intuition in business, design, development, branding, marketing, advertising, online media, videography and cinematography.