Evening & Weekend Audience Editor - Remote

USA-Today-Co.; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is seeking a dynamic senior weekend and evening audience editor to lead audience operations during nights and weekends. You will plan audience strategies, manage real-time coverage, and coordinate with editors across our network to maximize reach and engagement.

The role emphasizes strong writing, data-driven decision making, and experience with social platforms, SEO/AE0 and newsletters. Remote within the US, with occasional base options near local desks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, or related field.
• 5+ years newsroom experience, preferably in an audience development role.
• Experience leading audience strategy for breaking news and major events.
• Strong metrics understanding to optimize content across platforms.
• Proven ability to tell stories via social media, newsletters and search.

Responsibilities

• Lead USA TODAY's evening and weekend audience operations as primary decision-maker.
• Develop audience plans for major events and tentpole coverage.
• Manage breaking news with real-time decisions to maximize reach.
• Coordinate with editors and audience leads to expand national reach.
• Distribute advisories and execute across social, alerts, newsletters, and homepage.
• Cultivate cross-functional relationships under high pressure.

Skills

Audience strategy

Newsroom leadership

Analytics literacy

Social media storytelling

Editing headlines

Fast-news judgment

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in communications/journalism/marketing

Tools

Google Analytics

Parse.ly

Meta Ads/Monetization

TikTok

Reddit

Hootsuite

Echobox

Job description

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is seeking a dynamic senior weekend and evening audience editor to lead audience operations during nights and weekends. You will plan audience strategies, manage real-time coverage, and coordinate with editors across our network to maximize reach and engagement.

The role emphasizes strong writing, data-driven decision making, and experience with social platforms, SEO/AE0 and newsletters. Remote within the US, with occasional base options near local desks.