Description:
We’re looking for an Associate Editor to join our POPSUGAR UK team within Vox Media. Our ideal candidate is a strong and experienced editor with a passion for writing content, a keen eye for how to package a story for the UK audience, and a knack for driving SEO-driven programming. If you care about telling diverse stories, are the first to spot a celebrity trend in the making, and are skilled at writing shareable headlines and witty leads for the UK market, we want to talk to you!
POPSUGAR is the go-to destination for diverse and undeniably cool women who crave wit and honesty in their everyday lives — from a fresh take on wellness, to the state of abortion rights, to deep dives on entertainment.
POPSUGAR is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.
As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.
What You’ll Do
- Cover women’s lifestyle trends for POPSUGAR UK, spanning all verticals including entertainment, fashion, beauty, and wellness
- Beauty and wellness experience and contacts, with a knowledge of products, ingredients, and buzzy news, highly preferred
- Liaise with PRs, agents, experts, and diverse freelance contacts to create unique features, exclusive interviews, and original content specific for our UK audience
- Interpret new studies with a journalistic outlook and writing coherent spinoff features
- Scour the web on a regular basis to uncover emerging trending topics, with a heavy focus on search-optimised content
- Produce timely, clickable stories based on trending news each day, using own research and as assigned by the Content Director
- Edit copy from contributors to a high standard
- Build thoughtful, in-depth, and themed features derived from team brainstorms
- Help to coordinate seasonal and evergreen SEO updates, including commerce-driven listicles
- Consider analytics and previous successes to pitch strategic, winning story ideas
- Support editors with content creation during special events, including award shows and Fashion Week, working quickly and cleanly in real time
- Attend and participate team meetings and selected industry events
- Follow a wide range of lifestyle topics to identify opportunities to spotlight multicultural stories and talent to align with POPSUGAR’s mission for inclusivity and diversity
- Work with the Social Content Producer to conceptualise and produce UK content for social platforms and videos
Who You Are
- Minimum 3 years of experience in digital media and writing/editing
- Strong writing and communication skills
- Have a bursting book of beauty and wellness contacts covering experts, PRs, and agents
- Experience optimising content for search
- Sound judgment on coverage, resulting in content that drives traffic and engagement
- A healthy obsession with social media
- An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
- The ability to stay ahead of trends, pop culture, and women’s lifestyle topics while adapting to new and changing tasks and priorities on an hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly basis
- A proven interest in and dedication to covering broad viewpoints, cultures, and experiences
- A familiarity with and passion for the POPSUGAR brand
- Must be willing and able to work occasional evening and weekend hours