Contract Editor

Summary

Join Taste of Home as a full-time Contract Editor and leverage your culinary expertise and editorial skills to create engaging food content. You will edit and publish recipes, articles, and listicles, optimizing them for SEO and driving organic traffic. This role involves mentoring writers, contributing to editorial strategy, and collaborating with a team. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in digital food content creation and editing, a bachelor's degree in a related field, and a strong understanding of SEO and CMS platforms. The position offers the opportunity to work remotely and contribute to a dynamic team within a leading media company.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-time experience writing and editing digital food content
• Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, media, marketing or a related field
• Solid knowledge and understanding of the digital landscape, particularly SEO strategy and performance metrics
• Proven knowledge of SEO best practices, a CMS (content management system) such as WordPress, a project database such as Airtable, basic HTML and AP style
• Keen organization skills, consistently meeting deadlines and catching all the details
• Effective communication skills: comfortable accepting and giving constructive feedback, with a commitment to supporting an evolving, dynamic team
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience and/or interest in working with global teams
• A keen familiarity with, and interest in, the food and food-lifestyle space

Responsibilities

• Edit SEO-driven food content according to weekly publishing goals, adhering to copyediting best practices and AP and house style
• Mentor writers by sharing culinary knowledge and editing tips, regularly providing feedback
• Support editorial strategy with a full understanding of editorial integrity, brand voice, shareability and engagement, and knowledge of SEO principles and social networks
• Tackle assignments with daily direction from a Senior Editor

Preferred Qualifications

Professional culinary experience or degree

Benefits

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