Forbes Media seeks an Associate Content Producer to support the Entertainment/Media/Retail channel in our Jersey City, NJ, office. Producers are the lynchpin of the Forbes newsroom, working at the intersection of editorial (editors, staff writers and outside contributors) and internal teams including social, sales, product and digital production.
Responsibilities include:
- Work on front lines of channel and section pages. Read and edit (as appropriate) the content stream on the channel (approximately 25 posts daily) and overall site and correct editorial issues when discovered and report technical bugs.
- Train and support contributors on how to use and optimize Forbes publishing tools.
- Update channel and section pages to keep them fresh and interesting.
- Stay on cutting edge of entertainment/media/retail industries; monitor breaking news and must-read sites, trade press, social streams and more.
- Collaborate with editors to find original angles to news and enterprise stories; pitch stories to contributors.
- Assist editors to find, recruit, and set up new contributors.
- Run and grow the @ForbesShowbizTwitter account and work with social team to highlight and promote channel stories.
- Work with audience development to dive into analytics that monitor traffic trends and optimize pages.
- Participate in larger Forbes projects, including Celebrity 100, 30 Under 30 and Billionaires.
- Create photo galleries for stories and special reports/landers.
- Facilitate communication between Forbes editors and contributors.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 6 months to 1 year of relevant work or internship experience in digital journalism or related area.
- Hands-on experience with publishing platforms (WordPress, etc.)
- Obsessed with the entertainment and media industries, fascinated by the world of business and demonstrated understanding of the ever-evolving ways they intersect.
- Write and craft news and reported enterprise stories with speed, clarity, confidence and integrity.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask in a fast paced environment.
- Ability to work independently when required while at the same time operate efficiently in a team dynamic.
- Strong oral and written communication skills and a keen eye for detail.
Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. The company publishes Forbes, Forbes Asia, Forbes Europe and ForbesLife magazines as well as Forbes.com and ForbesLife.com. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 75 million people worldwide with its business message each month through its magazines and 36 licensed local editions around the globe, Forbes.com, TV, conferences, research, social and mobile platforms. The Forbes magazine iPad app merges print storytelling with social sharing and the web. Forbes Media’s brand extensions include conferences, real estate, education, financial services, and technology license agreements.
Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.
To apply, send clips, resume and a cover letter to Zack O’Malley Greenburg at zgreenburg@forbes.com
