Associate Food Editor

  • Full-time

Company Description

Refinery29, the largest independent fashion and style website in the United States, delivers nonstop inspiration for smart, stylish and creative women everywhere.  For three years running, Refinery29 has been featured in Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 fastest growing companies, and in 2013 it was rated the #1 fastest growing media company in the US.  In 2014, Refinery29 was chosen as one of Fast Company’s World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Style, and won three Webby Awards including Best in Fashion & Beauty. For more information and to browse content, visit www.Refinery29.com

Job Description

Refinery29 is looking for a talented Associate Food Editor to help support our Executive Food Editor and grow our food and drink coverage! We are expanding our food programming and need a talented editor to help develop smart, innovative stories for our Millennial audience. Our ideal candidate will spearhead next-generation ideas, inspirations, and connect with visionaries breaking new ground in the global culinary space. They will write quick news hits, understand SEO strategies, and be obsessed with scaling unique and informed food content that finds an audience and creates an impact.

Responsibilities:

  • Support R29's Executive Food editor by coming up with ideas, writing, and producing stories (quick new hits and features)
  • Assist R29's Executive Food editor by ensuring that all production goals are met (two weekly features, 3 weekly recipe/essay style posts--a total of 22 stories per month)
  • Work with SEO team to produce valuable stories around search terms that will propel organic traffic in clever and surprising ways
  • Work with Social Team to help create presence for R29 Food across all social platforms
  • Own ideas and passion for the food category and provide constant ideation and creativity around how R29 can create informative, stylish and delightful food coverage

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 2-3 years of editing experience at a digital culinary publication
  • An authentic, informed passion for all things food, including contemporary food books, cookbooks, and epicurean digital media. Our ideal candidate is also knowledgable about food history, policy and food systems.

Additional Information

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