We're looking for a detail-oriented, creative, and deadline-driven go-getter with a passion for social media and experience in online journalism to amplify the voices of our diverse catalog of publications. For this position, we are looking in particular for someone who has experience in developing great social content and an interest in amplifying the quality of our in-house content. This is a full time, contract position with an opportunity to join the staff based on performance.

Please include a cover letter explaining what led you to become an editor, what interests you about this specific position, and a professionally published writing sample or portfolio link along with your resume.

About Us

Home to the iconic Ask.com website and headquartered in Oakland's thriving downtown, Ask Media Group is a collection of online publications that help curious people find the information they need. Our growing portfolio of websites help our readers discover everything from the latest on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to the bizarre history behind the Heaven's Gate cult of the 1990s, and we thrive on the challenge of developing a wide variety of sites that address everyday questions— no matter how big or small.

Our team knows how to not only create but profitably grow digital properties to a meaningful scale, touching the lives of millions of people each day. Ask Media Group is owned and operated by IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) and is a part of IAC Publishing, IAC's collection of premium content brands.

What You Get to Do

Working alongside a team of in-house Editors, Writers and our Social Media Editor, you will be responsible for collaborating with the Editorial Team at large to amplify the engagement of our content via social media content. You'll also oversee the production of content that serves several marketing initiatives in a variety of formats, including editorial narratives, shopping listicles and trivia quizzes, but you'll primarily help us produce content created specifically to achieve various marketing goals.

Your writing and copy-editing skills will ensure the quality of existing and newly published content on our portfolio of sites, reaching our 100M+ monthly users that come to us for a variety of topics.

• Work with internal and external teams to create and publish content across our various social media platforms
• Providing marketing teams with opportunities to use internal top-performing content across initiatives
• Ensure all marketing efforts serve to achieve immediate and long-term business goals, identifying and executing improvements for processes, content, and lead generation
• Observe social media reports to strategically generate new assets with our in-house design team
• Provide quality control over outside content providers to ensure image guidelines and content quality is up to standard

What You Bring to Us

You are passionate about digital storytelling and understand how to edit for voice & tone and brand specifications to create an engaging user experience. You're a meticulous copywriter who can also see the bigger picture of strategic business goals. You're comfortable working in a fast-moving group where priorities are always shifting. You keep your cool and produce high-quality work under tight deadlines. You bring a critical eye to reading and revising, and can apply AMG's editorial guidelines to the review of highly-trafficked content.

• 1-3 years of editorial/digital publishing experience
• 2-4 years of experience managing social media accounts for brands
• Experience editing for SEO and familiarity with basic SEO and marketing best practices
• Excellent editorial judgment and a thorough grasp of how to edit for a variety of marketing initiatives
• Experience editing a range of content types and formats, including editorial features, quizzes, and listicles
• Experience selecting and editing images for publication
• Familiarity with AP style
• Interest in news, history, education and pop culture.
• Extremely detail-oriented and meticulous
• Ability to work against tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Great communication skills and ability to articulate concepts

Company Culture

A company's culture is always a work-in-progress. Ours is founded upon a professional atmosphere where people are passionate about learning and doing our best. Sometimes we fail, but we learn from these failures. All the while, we believe that maintaining work-life balance and having fun is the key to our success.

Who You'll Be Joining

Our editorial team is made up of an experienced cohort of writers & editors from various professional backgrounds who are passionate about our brands and building excellent content experiences. We're a highly collaborative, goofy, respectful, friendly group that's committed to supporting each other and maintaining a sustainable work-life balance. We keep things fun with virtual happy hours, collaborative pitch meetings, roundtables, and a book club.

Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.