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Wired magazine seeks a web producer

Wired

Wired magazine seeks a web producer.

Overview/Purpose
The function of the web producer is to:
• Update WIRED.com’s homepage and index pages, as well as perform day-to-day tasks related to maintaining the site’s tone and feel.
• Write headlines and optimize article placement on the homepage to best represent WIRED’s content.
• Generate and write stories, particularly for WIRED Photo.

Primary Responsibilities
Tasks related to this work may include:
• Running daily story budget meetings with the editors, producers, photo editors, and video editors to track WIRED.com’s daily publication schedule.
• Optimizing headlines for the homepage, for SEO, and for social media.
• Making changes to the homepage and index pages using WIRED’s CMS.
• Proofreading the homepage, index pages, and other WIRED.com content as needed.
• Occasionally working with the audience development department to build and deploy newsletters.
• Having a good handle on SEO best practices to ensure content is appropriately titled and tagged.

Requirements
Candidates must:
• Have at least one year of experience in an editorial production role.
• Be tech savvy, with the ability to master unfamiliar tools quickly.
• Have excellent writing skills. Experience with or interest in writing about photography is a plus.
• Possess knowledge and interest in the history and style of WIRED.
• Be able to manage multiple projects at once, including unexpected breaking news.
• Have a passion for and experience with various social media platforms, either personal or professional.
• Pay meticulous attention to detail.
• Basic skills using HTML, CSS, and Adobe Photoshop are a plus.

To apply
Send a résumé and cover letter to jobs@wired.com.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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