Dow Jones is looking for a Features Editor for a digital media site covering politics/ opinion/ entertainment. It will cover many lifestyle topics from sport to tech, gaming, style and life and is aimed at an audience of millennials.
We need a Features Editor/Writer to join a small but brilliant team. As a writer you excel in a fast-paced environment, have a broad knowledge of lifestyle and other feature writing, and be able to write quickly, accurately, and in a confident voice. This post is for a writer-editor, who will be responsible for writing daily content; however, additionally you will source blog features, edit them for the house style, and work with our SEO experts to create the most valuable shareable content.
Responsibilities
- Write quick turnaround features, several per day, with an eye to virality and sharing
- Source featured content and bloggers; work with aggregated content to optimize for social
- You want your work and your writers’ work read, shared and talked about – and you have plans to make that happen
- Assist in providing an ‘all killer, no filler’ culture at our news /opinion site – we aim to provide the best content across topics we cover
- Make sure that bloggers and other outside contributors understand our funny, viral ‘house style’
Requirements
- A great track record in features – digital preferred
- An editor’s eye for sourcing and repackaging, as well as tapping into young talent that wants to blog
- Excellent organizational skills, focus, and ability to work independently or in a team
- A passion for news and debate
- Strong knowledge of photo editing, photography, and familiarity with content management systems.
- Impeccable grammar and attention to detail with an eye toward clean copy
To apply, go here.
