Digital Editor, Commerce + Communities Today

Society for Scholarly Publishing; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ICSC's Commerce + Communities Today (C+CT) invites an experienced digital editor to own the production, editing and optimization of weekly newsletters and web content from our New York City office. This hands-on role covers editorial judgment, packaging stories for CMS publishing, and coordinating distribution across newsletters and channels.

You'll work closely with the managing editor and editor-in-chief, manage freelance contracts, and contribute to new editorial initiatives and publishing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in journalism, digital editorial or publishing.
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills and sound editorial judgment.
• Hands-on experience publishing and formatting content in a CMS.
• Familiarity with SEO/AEO and digital content optimization.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort managing multiple recurring workflows and deadlines.
• High attention to detail, accuracy and follow-through.
• An interest in digital publishing operations and in seeing content through from draft to distribution.
• Experience with newsletters and email platforms such as Marketo Engage, B2B or trade journalism, sponsored content, analytics or Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own production and QA of four weekly C+CT newsletters and manage the monthly Insight newsletter from content compilation through approvals
• Edit, optimize and publish stories in the CMS, including headlines, ledes, subheads, images, metadata, SEO/AEO elements, newsletter copy, CTAs and social copy
• Apply strong editorial judgment to improve story structure, clarity, presentation and digital performance
• Draft and edit news items and other editorial content as needed, with opportunities for occasional reporting and feature writing
• Support sponsored content and advertising workflows, including editing, scheduling, approvals and performance reporting
• Manage freelance writer contracts and related administrative workflows
• Contribute to new editorial initiatives, special projects and improvements to publishing processes
• Create or prepare basic charts, tables, images and other visual assets as needed

Skills

Editing

Proofreading

CMS publishing

Editorial judgment

News writing

Tools

CMS (WordPress)

Marketo Engage

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The member organization for industry advancement, ICSC promotes and elevates the marketplaces and spaces where people shop, dine, work, play, and gather as foundational and vital ingredients of communities and economies. ICSC produces experiences that create connections and catalyze deals; aggressively advocates to shape public policy; develops high impact marketing and public relations that influence opinions; provides an enduring platform for professional success; and creates forward-thinking content with actionable insights - all of which drive industry innovation and growth.

ICSC's Commerce + Communities Today (C+CT) publication is looking for a hands-on digital editor to help produce, edit, publish and optimize editorial content across our website, newsletters and other digital platforms.

This role is ideal for an editor who enjoys the full digital publishing process - not just editing stories, but making sure they are effectively packaged, published and distributed to their audience. Newsletter production, CMS publishing and story optimization are core parts of the position. The digital editor will work closely with the managing editor and editor-in-chief, take ownership of key publishing workflows, contribute editorial judgment and ideas across C+CT and support new editorial initiatives.

This position is hybrid and based out of our New York City office, in-office days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.

What You'll Do

• Own production and QA of four weekly C+CT newsletters and manage the monthly Insight newsletter from content compilation through approvals
• Edit, optimize and publish stories in the CMS, including headlines, ledes, subheads, images, metadata, SEO/AEO elements, newsletter copy, CTAs and social copy
• Apply strong editorial judgment to improve story structure, clarity, presentation and digital performance
• Draft and edit news items and other editorial content as needed, with opportunities for occasional reporting and feature writing
• Support sponsored content and advertising workflows, including editing, scheduling, approvals and performance reporting
• Manage freelance writer contracts and related administrative workflows
• Contribute to new editorial initiatives, special projects and improvements to publishing processes
• Create or prepare basic charts, tables, images and other visual assets as needed

Core Competencies

• Collaborates - Works effectively within a collaborative team environment, demonstrating proactive communication, transparency, responsiveness and active engagement across projects and workflows
• Drives Results -Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Ensures Accountability -Takes ownership of work products and deliverables from development through final review, demonstrating reliability, follow-through and accountability for the quality and accuracy of outputs
• Plans and Aligns - Plans and prioritizes work to meet deadlines, coordinating multiple projects and recurring workflows while ensuring tasks are completed accurately and on schedule

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in journalism, digital editorial or publishing
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills and sound editorial judgment
• Hands-on experience publishing and formatting content in a CMS
• Familiarity with SEO/AEO and digital content optimization
• Strong organizational skills and comfort managing multiple recurring workflows and deadlines
• High attention to detail, accuracy and follow-through
• An interest in digital publishing operations and in seeing content through from draft to distribution

Experience with newsletters and email platforms such as Marketo Engage, B2B or trade journalism, sponsored content, analytics or Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.