Assistant Editor

Title: Assistant Editor 

Location: Washington DC

Department: Content

Reporting to: Time Out USA Editor

Salary: $50,000 - $60,000 p.a

Role overview

We are seeking a Washington, D.C.-based Assistant Editor with experience working at a fast-paced online publication, a strong knowledge of the city, and a solid understanding of SEO-driven content.

As Assistant Editor, you’ll support the USA editorial team with daily news stories, write new features, and edit and produce freelance content. You’ll also commission SEO-driven stories across cities in the northeast. The ability to spot trends and engage with metric tools to plan an editorial calendar is key.

This person will be responsible for developing Time Out USA’s new social media channels (Instagram and TikTok), including brainstorming ideas, shooting video and writing copy where necessary.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, self-starter who can work independently and collaborate virtually with a small team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Time Out Washington, D.C. news channel; pitch and write compelling posts about news, culture, city life, lists and other categories as requested

• Recruit and manage a network of talented and engaging local writers; edit content and produce content

• Help manage and develop the key social media accounts for Time Out USA, writing compelling and fun posts in the Time Out voice

• Contribute to both local and national features and projects as requested

• Assign, edit and produce features across the northeast

• Maintain monthly edit calendar; write, edit and produce SEO-driven content

• Ensure that all content meets the company’s SEO and quality standards

• Engage with metrics and traffic analytic tools for editorial planning

Qualifications:

• 2 to 3 years of professional experience as a writer/editor in a fast-paced online production environment

• Ability to work with various tools of the trade, including content management systems, and write for social media platforms

• Excellent writing, editing and interviewing skills; strong news judgment

• A track record of producing content that engages users and grows audience across multiple platforms

• Awareness of city culture, trends, news and events throughout the calendar year

• Ability to multi-task and to work on deadline

• An understanding of SEO and its application to content production and promotion

Internal Stakeholders:

• North American Editorial Team

What we look for in a candidate

Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we are in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to…

• Be commercially astute

• Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced transformative company in pursuit of excellence

• Think globally

• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills

• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive

• Be a team player

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.


About Time Out Group plc

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market we help our large audience go out in the world's greatest cities and connect global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

Time Out Media’s multiple digital and physical channels span websites, mobile, social media, video, audio and Live Events. Across these channels, Time Out distributes its high-quality content – curated and created by a global team of local expert journalists – around the best food, drinks, culture, art, music, theatre, travel and entertainment in 333 cities and 59 countries. The Company is giving international, national and local brands and businesses the opportunity to connect with this global reach and strong traffic from a desirable audience by offering bespoke 360-degree multichannel advertising solutions. Since its launch in 1968, Time Out has become a global brand that advertisers and consumers love and trust.

Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, leveraging the Time Out brand to bring the best of the city together under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences – based on the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in Lisbon, quickly turning into one of the most popular destinations in the city. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion and the portfolio currently includes eight Markets:
in addition to Lisbon, there are sites in New York, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, Dubai, Cape Town and Porto. More Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline as the global expansion continues.

Time Out is headquartered in London (United Kingdom) and listed on London's AIM stock exchange, trading under the ticker symbol 'TMO'.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.