Editorial Director, Newsletters - theSkimm

theSkimm, a part of Everyday Health Consumer, is hiring an Editorial Director to oversee all of our newsletter coverage.

Key Responsibilities

Our team is made up of collaborative, unique, kind, inclusive individuals who bring their best to work every day. As a mission-driven brand, we have the unique ability to assess what our audience needs to know vs. chasing what every other brand is covering. We have a lot of creative freedom and understanding of our audience, and we work together to deliver informative, accurate, accessible content. We create the articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that power our website, newsletters, podcasts, social channels, and more.

You'll be responsible for overseeing all newsletter editorial strategy and teams at theSkimm. This role reports to the SVP, Content & Comms.

What you'll be doing

• Overseeing news strategy – from our overall POV to how we cover day-to-day stories and breaking news events across platforms, including but not limited to social
• Overseeing editorial newsletter products – Daily Skimm, Daily Skimm Weekend, Skimm Well, Skimm Sports, and Skimm Money – to ensure that we're producing quality and engaging content for our audience
• Managing the editorial teams and schedules, helping to cultivate a strong culture of excellence, inclusivity, and growth.
• Owning news campaigns such as elections, Olympics, end-of-year coverage, etc.
• Working closely with Sales, Engineering, Product, and other departments to collaborate on product development, design, process, and sales inventory

Job Qualifications.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• An editorial leader and self-starter who lives and breathes news
• • 5-10 years of digital news editing/production experience
  • 2-3 years managing news coverage, ideally across platforms
• Demonstrated experience using audience and performance data to inform editorial strategy
• The energy and creativity to bring big ideas
• Proven ability to work professionally and seamlessly with other departments — sales, product, design, etc. — and balance company priorities with what the audience needs and wants
• Strong management skills and demonstrated ability to motivate a team through difficult news cycles
• Strong organizational skills, particularly around project management and scheduling
• Availability to work some weekend hours and guide breaking news coverage as needed
• Ability and willingness to represent theSkimm as news talent on panels, podcasts, print, TV, etc..
• Passion for theSkimm and its mission

• Newsletter experience
• Social, audio, and/or video experience

At our core, we are writers, editors, producers, designers, marketers, engineers, analysts, sellers, creatives, and strategists all working together to achieve this goal.

Everyday Health Group (EHG) is a recognized leader in patient and provider education and services attracting an engaged audience of over 74 million health consumers and over 890,000 U.S. practicing physicians and clinicians. Our mission is to drive better clinical and health outcomes through decision-making informed by highly relevant information, data, and analytics. We empower healthcare providers, consumers and payers with trusted content and services delivered through Everyday Health Group’s world-class brands.

Life at Everyday Health

At Everyday Health Group, a division of Ziff Davis, we work in a culture of collaboration and welcome those who desire to join our growing global community. We believe in careers versus jobs and people versus employees. We seek enthusiastic individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit looking for an environment that rewards your best work.

Everyday Health offers competitive salaries in addition to robust health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, Flexible Spending accounts, 401(k) with company match, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Pregnancy and Parental leave, Family Planning Support via Maven, Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, Fitness Reimbursement as well as employee-focused engagement and education programs, including Employee Resource Groups and company-sponsored events. If you’re seeking a dynamic, flexible work environment where you can see the direct impact of your performance, then Everyday Health is the place for you. Everyday Health Group has employees located in 40+ states as well as offices in NYC, Asheville, Boston, London, England and Mumbai, India.

Everyday Health Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for all employees.