Director, Education Content & Strategy

U.S. News & World Report; Washington (District of Columbia); Híbrido; USD 100.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Paid vacation

Medical insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Training

Descripción de la vacante

U.S. News & World Report is seeking an experienced Managing Editor of Education to lead the education content strategy and editorial team. You will oversee reporters, editors, and freelancers, shaping coverage across Best Colleges, Grad Schools, K-12, and related programs.

You will collaborate with analytics and product teams, optimize content for search, and represent our education rankings launches in media interviews. Hybrid work in Washington DC area with remote options are available.

Formación

• 10+ years of professional editing experience at a media company or education publication
• 5+ years of experience managing a team of in-house reporters and editors
• Expertise in higher education and K-12 spaces, and prior experience writing and editing this content
• Experience recruiting and managing freelance writers and editors
• Experience managing editorial calendars
• Experience developing and refining content strategy, and identifying opportunities to improve content and better engage our audience
• Experience employing SEO best practices and using SEO tools to inform content strategy decisions
• Ability to prioritize assignments and meet deadlines
• Expertise and prior experience using AP style
• Experience with traffic analytics tools like Google Analytics
• Comfortability with media interviews and spokesperson opportunities
• Journalism or related degree or equivalent experience

Responsabilidades

• Oversee and develop our content strategy for a consumer audience of parents and students who need help choosing a school, getting into school and paying for tuition, identifying topics and areas of coverage
• Manage a team of in-house education reporters and editors
• Recruit and manage freelance writers with expertise in the education space, assign articles, and process invoices
• Work with experts in the student loans, medical school, law school and college admissions spaces to write content and expert review content for our site
• Edit articles, slideshows and other content for flow, consistency, tone, audience, brevity, accuracy and SEO
• Manage the editorial calendar for education advice content, setting run dates and assigning content to reporters and freelancers
• Employ SEO and GEO best practices and use SEO tools/programs to determine topics to cover and optimize content for search
• Use AI tools to increase editorial efficiencies and automate repetitive, manual tasks
• Use Google Analytics to monitor performance of content and inform decisions - ensure our content is positioned to support our consumers and the business strategy
• Oversee our education webinar calendar, and have the opportunity to host these webinars

Conocimientos

Editing

Team leadership

Content strategy

SEO basics

Media interviews

AP style

Collaboration

Communication

Educación

Journalism degree or related

Herramientas

Google Analytics

SEMrush

CMS editing

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Descripción del empleo

U.S. News & World Report is seeking an experienced Managing Editor of Education to lead the education content strategy and editorial team. You will oversee reporters, editors, and freelancers, shaping coverage across Best Colleges, Grad Schools, K-12, and related programs.

You will collaborate with analytics and product teams, optimize content for search, and represent our education rankings launches in media interviews. Hybrid work in Washington DC area with remote options are available.