Assistant Digital Editor, Southern Living

Job Title
Assistant Digital Editor, Southern Living

Job Description

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Job Summary | Major goals and objectives.

Southernliving.com is seeking an Assistant Digital Editor to join its team

This person should be an experienced digital editor and writer with a strong interest in lifestyle content and a passion for Southern culture.

The Assistant Digital Editor will be responsible for ideating and creating evergreen, SEO, and news-driven content across our core verticals with a focus on home, food, travel, holidays, and entertaining

Southern culture always at its core.

The person in this position will work closely with every member of the edit team to create best-in-class content that is on-brand but also exceeds traffic goals across platforms

Our ideal candidate is strategic and data-driven, but also a strong, creative writer

The Assistant Digital Editor should be extremely driven, organized, and highly collaborative.

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Essential Job Functions

Pitch, write, and produce evergreen content (including inspiration galleries, service-driven content, and round-ups) daily

This includes content refreshes (optimizing for SEO) and creating new content.

Pitch and write daily lifestyle news content

Assist in conceptualizing and executing crossbrand tentpoles

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Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements | All must be met to be considered.

Education:

Bachelors' degree in Journalism or related field

Experience:

At least 2 years of digital experience

Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Incredible writing, editing, and brainstorming skills

A proven track record of creating content that drives traffic and engagement

A strong attention to detail with the ability to multitask

A strategic thinker who considers traffic and social analytics before making an editorial decision

An idea generator who can think of new, fresh ways to package content

Excellent people skills

Experience with SEO, CMS, Photoshop, and Google Analytics

Enthusiastic about Southern Living and Southern culture

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