Description

About Us:

Mashable is obsessed with culture, entertainment, and tech. With 14.1 million average unique users and over 37 million social media followers, our mission is to be the most trusted purchase companion, helping users make the best decision for their interests and needs. Our thoughtful, inclusive, spirited coverage gets people talking and answers readers’ most pressing questions about navigating their digital lives — and we reach a dedicated and influential audience worldwide. Future-facing and forward-thinking, Mashable is the expert on what’s trending now and next in connected culture.

Mashable is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced editor to help lead our enterprise and service journalism.

Job Summary:

The Enterprise Editor will help lead coverage of a range of topics across Mashable verticals, including our content revolving around social impact, activism, identities, sustainability, and innovative efforts to address the world's most pressing problems, especially as they intersect with technology.

Importantly, the ideal candidate should also have a passion for service journalism and be able to help guide audiences to shopping decisions that support environmental stewardship; that amplify, center and empower marginalized communities; or that otherwise drive positive social impact.

This editor will have the opportunity to shape the direction of Mashable’s enterprise journalism, and will be encouraged to experiment with storytelling styles and formats, from virtual reality experiences and audio to live and virtual events.

The ideal candidate is eager to work with a small but dedicated team taking inquisitive, nuanced, and intersectional approaches to important topics, from LGBTQ issues and accessibility to feminism and diversity challenges in tech and digital spaces. This candidate should have an interest in writing about racial justice and equity and should have a love of technology, innovation, and web culture. Please indicate in your cover letter where your passions lie. A willingness to both learn and lead while also remaining flexible is critical.

The ideal candidate will have proven reporting and editing experience and should be comfortable coaching writers through original reporting, research, and storytelling in a tone that is conversational and engaging.

The ideal candidate should also be comfortable gauging audience interest to help guide coverage and should be able to help grow a loyal and engaged following for the Mashable brand.

This editor will work in a fast-paced environment, and should have a strategic, critical eye — all while balancing diversity, sensitivity, and inclusivity in everything they cover.

Job Duties:

• Assign, edit, and/or write 2-3 unique or trending stories per day
• Oversee a team of writers and the daily workflow of Mashable’s Social Good coverage
• Support the Mashable team’s overarching enterprise and service journalism with coaching for reporters and sensitivity reads for content across verticals
• Coaching, managing, and editing both Mashable staff writers and freelancers
• Maintaining an enterprise editorial calendar
• Working across the Mashable newsroom to ensure inclusive coverage in all sections
• Driving photo stories, videos, and other long-term projects and alternative storytelling formats
• Driving audience and click-through on our shoppable service journalism

Job Qualifications:

• Minimum 3-5 years writing experience, a body of work that should include coverage of social justice, intersectionality, accessibility, and DEI issues
• Service journalism and ecommerce experience 
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills
• Solid news writing skills and a critical eye
• Thorough, organized, and comfortable managing sensitive topic areas
• A self-starter as well as a great teammate
• Knowledge of digital, social, and tech spaces and industry
• Understands audience listening, including using trending and historical audience data to drive successful content plans

Our Culture and Values:

Every day, our brands reach millions of individuals across the internet. Through our content, tools, and perspectives, we ignite curiosity, nurture knowledge, and guide purchase decisions that empower the tech-driven lives of today. Our success in this endeavor is a direct reflection of our team members who embody qualities of curiosity, knowledge, and an unwavering passion for technology, products, culture, and the world at large.

Collectively, we firmly believe that our diverse identities and experiences are our greatest assets. We wholeheartedly embrace our individuality and actively champion the multitude of perspectives present within our global teams. We labor with a clear sense of purpose to ensure consistent and predictable outcomes. We are proactive in adapting to the ever-evolving tech landscape, staying attuned to trends and insights that secure our relevance in both the present and future.

Our results are born from the accountability we uphold for ourselves and our teams. Integrity is the bedrock of everything we do, extending to our content, solutions, communications, data, and insights, serving all our stakeholders with the highest standards of honesty and transparency.

Our Benefits:

• Competitive salaries
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance (including domestic partner coverage) + pet insurance
• Flexible Vacation / Paid Time Off
• Charitable Giving Programs that include Paid Time Off to volunteer and donation matches
• Family Planning Programs like MAVEN Fertility Concierge
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
• 401K savings plan with employer match
• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• Wellness Programs: Gym reimbursement, Lose It! and Calm subscriptions
• Hybrid, Remote and Flexible work arrangements
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can collaborate with teams across the company while making an impact in the areas that most excite you!

Ziff Davis is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Note: Disclosure as required by NYCHRL, the base salary range for this role when being performed in the City of New York is $80,000-$95,000. Compensation for this business unit specific role is based on a variety of factors including experience, scope of the role, capabilities to perform the role, as well as business & company performance.