Associate Editor, Homepage & Social Media

FOX News Channel; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Other benefits

Job summary

FOX News Channel is seeking an Associate Homepage and Social Media Editor to shape how audiences engage with FOX News Media’s brands. You’ll curate homepages, craft headlines, edit photos, and manage social video clips while using analytics to guide placements.

You’ll support live streams, respond to breaking news, and produce scroll-stopping visuals in a fast-paced newsroom environment. Weekend/holiday flexibility is required.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a newsroom under deadline pressure.
• Ability to craft compelling headlines and captions for social platforms.
• Familiarity with the FOX brand and audience engagement goals.
• Knowledge of real-time analytics and social platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok).

Responsibilities

• Help curate FOX News and FOX Business homepages and apps.
• Use real-time analytics to determine content placements.
• Write headlines and captions for social media graphics.
• Create visually engaging montages, photos, and slideshows.
• Monitor live streams and press conferences for news moments.
• Clip breaking news videos and identify viral footage.
• Leverage AI tools to work faster and smarter.

Skills

Newsroom experience

Deadline-driven

Brand familiarity

Headline writing

Analytics

Social media

Photo editing

Video editing

Organizational skills

Job description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox News Media FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct‑to‑consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the newly announced platform FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for 20 consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches 200 million people each month.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox News Digital is seeking an Associate Homepage and Social Media Editor to help shape how audiences engage with one of the most powerful news brands in the world. On FOX News and FOX Business, you’ll work with a team of editors to curate the homepages and apps, using a mix of data, editorial guidance, and your own journalistic judgment to feature our array of content. You’ll also help drive audience engagement on social media by crafting headlines and captions, editing photos and clipping videos, controlling livestreams, and producing scroll-stopping visual graphics. This role is responsible for helping to make decisions about what we cover on social media and how we cover it. You’re a proven newsroom contributor: someone who thrives under pressure, thinks creatively, has strong editorial and social media instincts, and will bring a relentless focus to helping FOX dominate and drive the news. **You must be flexible to work weekends and holidays as needed.**

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Help curate the FOX News and FOX Business homepages and apps
• Use real‑time analytics tools to determine desired content placements
• Write compelling headlines and captions for social media graphics
• Make visually engaging montages, photo illustrations and slideshows
• Monitor live streams and press conferences for newsworthy moments
• Clip breaking news videos and identify and clip videos with viral potential
• Leverage artificial intelligence tools to work better, faster, and smarter

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Experience working in a newsroom environment
• Proven ability to work under deadline in a breaking news environment
• Familiarity with the FOX brand and desire to help FOX dominate and drive news
• Strong command of language, including in headline writing and self‑editing, and an eye for visuals
• Familiarity with real‑time analytics and social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok
• Photo editing experience preferred; video editing experience is a plus
• Strong organizational and time management skills; exceptional attention to detail

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $74,000.00-90,000.00 annually.

This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.

Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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