Editor, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine
Statesman Journal / Gannett
Date: 15 hours ago
City: Nashville, Tennessee
Contract type: Full time
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Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a scalable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. We endeavor to deliver essential content, marketing solutions, and experiences for curated audiences, advertisers, consumers, and stakeholders by leveraging our diverse teams and suite of products to enrich the local communities and businesses we serve. Our current portfolio of trusted media brands includes the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, uses innovation and software to enable small and medium-sized businesses to grow, and USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures, our events division, creates impactful consumer engagements, promotions, and races. Gannett open roles are featured on various external job boards. When applying to a position at Gannett, you should be completing an application on Gannett Careers via Dayforce. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid. To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com
Editor, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine
The role of editor is to generate original content for Nashville Lifestyles magazine and its sister publications, including Weddings, SWIG, AT HOME and other custom publications both through personal efforts (e.g. research, interviewing subjects and original writing) and via coordinating and managing a solid freelance network capable of producing additional high quality written material directly relevant to a city magazine and the website associated with the magazines.
Editor should be aware of advertising goals and work to provide product to support those goals.
Responsibilities
About
We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order:
#Magazines
#Content
Gannett Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in connection with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where Gannett employs employees. In addition, Gannett Co., Inc. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant’s disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in connection with an individuals’ application for employment with Gannett Co., Inc. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact Gannett Co., Inc.’s Recruitment Department at [email protected].
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a scalable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. We endeavor to deliver essential content, marketing solutions, and experiences for curated audiences, advertisers, consumers, and stakeholders by leveraging our diverse teams and suite of products to enrich the local communities and businesses we serve. Our current portfolio of trusted media brands includes the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, uses innovation and software to enable small and medium-sized businesses to grow, and USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures, our events division, creates impactful consumer engagements, promotions, and races. Gannett open roles are featured on various external job boards. When applying to a position at Gannett, you should be completing an application on Gannett Careers via Dayforce. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid. To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com
Editor, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine
The role of editor is to generate original content for Nashville Lifestyles magazine and its sister publications, including Weddings, SWIG, AT HOME and other custom publications both through personal efforts (e.g. research, interviewing subjects and original writing) and via coordinating and managing a solid freelance network capable of producing additional high quality written material directly relevant to a city magazine and the website associated with the magazines.
Editor should be aware of advertising goals and work to provide product to support those goals.
Responsibilities
- Editorial creation – Generate original magazine and online content via solid research into relevant topics and issues, interviews and in-depth writing of content for magazines and web components of the business.
- Content supervision—Direct interaction with all freelance writers and photographers, publicists as well as staff members working on editorial projects, defining content for each issue, assigning stories, setting deadlines and managing the balance and flow of material contained in each issue.
- Editing content—Reading and correcting submitted material for continuity, content, appropriate use of grammar, correct spelling and basic copy-editing. This will also include working with the design team and photographer to find appropriate art for each piece of submitted material. It also involves proofing magazine and online proofing after the copy editor has already gone through and red lined and putting these into the proper software for production needs.
- To work with digital editor to generate, edit and proofread digital content that both pulls from, and complements print editorial content, as well as posting that content to the online site.
- Bachelor's or master’s in communications, journalism or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Preference for candidates with at least 5 years publication experience.
- Strong background in digital content production and management, including search engine optimization, metrics analysis, social media strategies and digital innovation as well as identifying trending content.
- Experience in Magazine Publications.
- Advanced knowledge of social media and customer feedback tools, including how to respond and engage customers on digital platforms in the public space.
- Creative advertorial and design in print and online necessary.
- Excellent organizational, inter-personal and communication skills.
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
- Industry knowledge.
- Be considered as a thought-leader in digital/social media content and stays current on digital content trends.
- Must live in Nashville.
- Attend magazine events regularly.
- Writing samples required.
About
We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order:
- Your resume – one to two pages.
- A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job.
- 3-6 Writing samples
#Magazines
#Content
Gannett Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in connection with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where Gannett employs employees. In addition, Gannett Co., Inc. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant’s disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in connection with an individuals’ application for employment with Gannett Co., Inc. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact Gannett Co., Inc.’s Recruitment Department at [email protected].
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