Digital Editor, Kidscreen

Kidscreen is the world’s leading B2B brand for everyone who’s in the business of keeping kids entertained. Our readers work in a large global ecosystem that includes animation studios like Disney, broadcasters like Nickelodeon, streamers like Netflix, toy manufacturers like Mattel and gaming platforms like Roblox. And the industry looks to Kidscreen for the market news, trends, insights, analysis and thought leadership that will inform and inspire business.

To help us continue delivering high-caliber journalism to our audience, we are hiring a Digital Editor to lead our daily newsletter.

In collaboration with several experienced in-house writers, you’ll apply a business lens to identify the issues, trends and ideas that our industry readers care about. We’re looking for a curious and engaged editor with solid news judgment who can curate leads, guide story development, edit and publish stories, turn audience metrics into actionable insights, and rally a team to strive for editorial excellence.

Ideal candidates will be adaptable and collaborative, and have a knack for learning quickly through research and asking the right people the right questions. Your decisions in this role will be guided by experience and instinct, as well as a knowledge base that will start with a general sense of the stories and topics likely to resonate with our readers and develop into a deep understanding of the industry over time.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensuring we are fast and best-in-class on breaking news and stories that matter most to readers
Curating the strongest possible lineup from daily leads
Editing and publishing a range of content (news stories, Q&As, op-eds, impact/analysis pieces, strategy dives, roundtable discussions, success stories, innovation spotlights, polls/surveys, research summaries, infographics, etc.)
Writing SEO-friendly and engaging headlines, decks and other display copy
Using audience analytics to spot opportunities and inform decisions
Suggesting stories we should be covering
Optimizing a team of in-house writers
Evolving the brand’s digital content strategy and user experience
Developing and maintaining high-level industry contacts/relationships to ensure our content direction remains authoritative and ahead of the curve