Editor, Hyper-Local Communities & Growth

Reach; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, +

Pension matched up to 6%, healthcare,

Job summary

Reach builds hyper-local paid newsletters and is expanding its content strategy to grow subscriptions in the US market. The role involves launching pilots from concept to beta, defining workflows across platforms, and hiring/mentoring entrepreneurial journalists to drive growth.

You will optimize conversion and reader retention using data, experiment with podcasts, events, and tiered subscriptions, and collaborate with editorial, product, tech and marketing teams to scale reach.

Responsibilities

• Launch hyper-local test markets from concept to live beta.
• Define playbook for content cadence, platform workflows, and engagement.
• Hire, manage, and mentor entrepreneurial journalists.
• Optimise free-to-paid conversion and reader retention using data.
• Experiment with podcasts, events, comments, and tiered subscriptions.
• Collaborate across editorial, product, tech, and marketing.

Job description

Reach builds hyper-local paid newsletters and is expanding its content strategy to grow subscriptions in the US market. The role involves launching pilots from concept to beta, defining workflows across platforms, and hiring/mentoring entrepreneurial journalists to drive growth.

You will optimize conversion and reader retention using data, experiment with podcasts, events, and tiered subscriptions, and collaborate with editorial, product, tech and marketing teams to scale reach.