Senior Health & Fitness Editor, Enthusiast Group

Job Description

Hearst's Enthusiast Group-with great brands Popular Mechanics, Runner's World, Best Products, and Bicycling-seeks an energetic, driven, and detail-obsessed Senior Fitness & Training Editor to help oversee our brands' fitness, health, and nutrition content across multiple channels-websites, magazines, video, social feeds, etc. Working within our Service & News team, the /Senior Fitness & Training Editor will help hone our strategy across all platforms, collaborating with team members and other groups to deliver innovative, effective workouts, service content, and other fitness-related content.

You'll stand out by displaying a willingness to create and target content to surpass performance metrics-stories with a discrete goal such as user actions, affiliate revenue, membership conversion, and engagement-each day. A background in search-based content and the core interests for each of our brands is highly recommended: health and fitness, cycling culture, running culture. Please note that for consideration, resumes must be submitted in .pdf format with a cover letter, salary requirements, and a link to a portfolio of work.

The role is based in the Enthusiast Group headquarters in Easton, Pennsylvania.

What you'll do:
* Under direction of the Director of Content Operations, originate and edit content that meets performance metrics
* Work with the health & fitness team editors and develop a content calendar for print and online pieces, assigning/filing/top-editing stories as necessary.
* Create cross-platform experiences for readers in various channels.
* Pitch/writing/assign/edit fitness columns and features for Runner's World and Bicycling print magazines, and online packages for members.
*Act as a brand ambassador who actively networks in the fitness space, attending gear launches, meetings with trainers, attending press trips as needed.
*Depending on experience, manage and/or mentor team members editors
*Collaborate with video team on fitness video shoots

Qualifications:
• At least 5-7 years experience working for a digital media brand, ideally in the health/wellness/fitness space or service-oriented brand
• Ability to pitch and assign fitness-specific stories that meet overall content goals
• Experience with SEO-based content and finding service angles from news or timely events
• A keen sense of what's new and trending in the health/fitness space and an ability to find a brand-specific angle on timely topics. Bonus: passion for running and/or cycling culture.
• Demonstrated experience publishing digital content within a CMS and working with analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Google Trends
* Willingness to represent the brands in other media (articles, videos, podcasts, etc.)
* Ability to thrive under multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines
* Openness to collaboration between teams, a positive, go-getter attitude, and ability to embrace teamwork
* Fitness or training certifications from are preferred
• Bachelor's degree

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d58xm7-3-16-48-143-42 in your application.