Senior Editor, Lifestyle

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Fox News Digital Lifestyle team is seeking an experienced editor to manage a team of reporters and editors in our Lifestyle verticals, covering topics including, but not limited to food, drink, travel, outdoor pursuits, style, beauty, health, well-being, and real estate. In this role, you will identify, assign, and edit (and sometimes write on) topics of interest to readers across FoxNews.com and FoxBusiness.com, driving original and exclusive content production while mining potential story ideas from news sources, social media platforms, and online forums.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assign and edit a team of Lifestyle editors producing timely, on-brand content or breaking news coverage under tight deadlines
• Monitor the news, social media platforms, and online forums for the latest breaking news and trending news items
• Enforce SEO best practices
• Work with partner sites and affiliates to identify and syndicate partner content that would be of interest to the Lifestyle audience
• Manage a portion of the homepage to maximize traffic to the Lifestyle section
• Monitor site traffic and analytics to maximize page views, unique users, time on site, and media initiates
• Oversee lifestyle alerts and newsletters

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 5+ years of experience editing, reporting, and writing engaging digital content
• Experience reporting and writing hard news and breaking news
• Experience managing, assigning, and editing an editorial team
• Expertise in AP style
• Thorough knowledge of SEO best practices and digital analytics
• Familiarity with Photoshop or photo-editing software
• The ability to identify trending news and viral trends
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent judgment and news-gathering skills
• Impeccable editing and proofreading skills

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp1ky4-3-143-9-115-42 in your application.