Content Editor

Company Background:

NextWeb Media develops and markets mobile phone-based and internet-based products and services to end users.  We have offices in New York City and Florida.  NextWeb is an entrepreneurial, dynamic, fun place to work and is positioning itself for substantial growth. .  We have been in business since 1999 and are profitable.

 

Position:

As Content Editor your primary job will be to identify interesting pop-culture and news issues; to write exciting, punchy, and terse survey questions that ask our members to predict the outcomes; and to manage the daily launch and shut-down of surveys.  You will scan newspapers, tabloids, magazines, and websites for content ranging from celebrity gossip to sports to politics to entertainment in order to develop prediction questions, identify news items relevant to previous prediction questions; and to determine when a previously predicted issue is now known and can be closed out.  You need to write great headlines, be plugged in to pop-culture and current events, and be internet savvy, organized, and upbeat.

 

 

 

Duties:Identify news and pop-culture issues for our members to make predictions on Identify news items related to outstanding, active prediction issuesDetermine when an existing prediction issue is now known and can be closed downWrite tight (headline) copy for prediction survey questions and news updatesResearch and manage potential answers for prediction surveysSchedule launch of all prediction surveys and news updatesTravel - None

 

Skills/Experience:Excellent writing skills: vocabulary, grammar, spelling.Copywriting / HeadlinesStrong organizational skillsHigh hipness factorNot so hip that people can’t understand youNot so hip that you can’t work in an office buildingHip enough that you know what’s going on with:

i.  Major TV shows

ii.  Celebrities

  iii.  Sports

iv.  Music

v.  Scandal

vi.  News Headlines

  vii.  TrendsAbility to connect to a 13-18 year old audience as well as 18-30 year oldsA high level of familiarity and comfort with cell-phone based text messagingProficiency inMS Word - RequiredMS Internet Explorer – RequiredOnline search tools – RequiredWork ExperienceMinimum 2 yearsCopywriting, editorial, journalism, or newsroom experience requiredDirect marketing experience a strong plusEducationBachelor’s degree required

 

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V