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Editorial Specialist

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Offer summary

Qualifications:

3+ years of experience in journalism, digital media, or audience engagement., Strong writing, editing, and headline-crafting skills., Ability to analyze audience engagement metrics and apply insights to editorial decisions., Demonstrated ability to discern credible sources of information..

Key responsabilities:

  • Write and send notifications on developing large-scale stories such as crime and emergencies.
  • Provide continuous real-time coverage of ongoing incidents.
  • Manage the editorial calendar and distribution plans for expected events.
  • Make rapid distribution decisions based on the importance of information to users.

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Citizen Information Technology & Services Scaleup https://www.citizen.com/
51 - 200 Employees
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Job description

Role Overview

The Editorial Specialist plays a key role in Citizen’s daily safety coverage in cities around the country through writing, editing and distributing notifications. This position requires a keen eye for detail, understanding of audience engagement and ability to work quickly to deliver critical safety information to millions of users.

Key Responsibilities

Editorial:

  • Breaking Incident Coverage: Write and send notifications on developing large-scale stories which may include but are not limited to: crime, fires, weather events, and emergencies. Requires an understanding of credible sourcing and the ability to write and edit quickly.

  • Following Ongoing Events: A keen understanding of large-scale and ongoing incidents spanning multiple days, to provide Citizen users with continuous real-time coverage of important events. 

  • Planning for Expected Events: Be Citizen’s point person for the editorial calendar, including distribution plans for expected events and determining how Citizen will cover them. These may include but are not limited to: major city events like parades or marathons, planned protests, etc.

Distribution & Engagement

  • Distribution Decisions: Understanding what information is important to which Citizen users. Making rapid distribution decisions to determine which users and places should be notified about which events.

  • Engagement: Understanding audience engagement metrics and using them to make decisions while keeping Citizen’s public safety mission top of mind.

Experience
  • 3+ years of experience in journalism, digital media, news curation, or audience engagement.

  • Proven experience in analyzing audience engagement metrics and applying insights to editorial decisions to build loyal audiences.

  • Strong awareness of social, political, and cultural dynamics that may impact Citizen’s coverage.

  • Demonstrated ability to deal with various types of news and content.

  • Demonstrated ability to discern credible sources of information.

  • Exceptional writing, editing, and headline-crafting skills, with the ability to distill complex incidents into clear, compelling notifications.

  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously within tight time frames, and make effective decisions as quickly as possible. 

  • Past experience writing notifications for an app/news organization. 

Salary Range

  • Between 85-100k, depending on experience

Hours/Schedule

  • Sunday-Thursday or Tuesday-Saturday

  • 11am - 7am EST

Required profile

Experience

Industry :
Information Technology & Services
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Writing
  • Editing
  • Decision Making
  • Time Management
  • Detail Oriented
  • Problem Solving

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