Senior Editor, Recipes

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Job Description

About The Position | Major goals and objectives and location requirements

Simply Recipes is seeking a full-time senior-level editor to join our team. This position will oversee Simply Recipes’ recipe program. Primary responsibilities include pitching, assigning, and editing recipes as well as seeing them through the publication workflow. This position would be ideal for someone who has prior experience writing and editing food and cooking content for a digital publisher. This position reports to the Associate Editorial Director of Simply Recipes.

As a food website that reaches millions per month, we have the duty and responsibility to create positive change. We are focusing our hiring efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion and building a team that reflects our dedication to these principles at every level of our organization.

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In-office Expectations: This position is fully remote with no in-office requirements, (might require coming into an office 1 or 2x a year)

About The Team | The Team and/or Brand.

Simply Recipes is here to help you cook delicious meals with less stress and more joy. We offer recipes and cooking advice for home cooks, by home cooks. Helping provide “kitchen wins” is the whole reason we’re here.

Simply Recipes was founded in 2003 by Elise Bauer as a home cooking blog to record her favorite family recipes. Today, Simply Recipes has grown into an invaluable, trusted resource for home cooks with more than 3,000 tested recipes, guides, and meal plans, and new content publishing daily. The site draws over 15 million readers each month from around the world, employs a team of full-time editors, and is supported by a diverse group of recipe developers, food writers, recipe and product testers, photographers, and other creative professionals.

About The Positions Contributions:

Weight % Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results

• 25%:  Help grow traffic and build brand cachet through well-written, well-tested, clever, and beautiful recipes.  Pitch, assign, edit, and publish daily recipes content for Simply Recipes.  Optimize our recipe content for news outlets (Google Discover, Apple News, etc) as well as search.

• 25%:  Ideate, pitch, and collaborate with the Simply Recipes team on packages of content built around editorial tentpoles, holidays, heritage months, and cultural moments.  Assign, edit, and publish new content for these packages, and/or work with editors assisting with this content creation. (This content includes recipes, tips/education content, commerce content, and voice-driven essays.)  Work with the Simply Recipes art department on imagery for recipes and content packages.  Work with Simply Recipes' social and email departments on promotion strategies for recipes and content packages.

• 20%:  Track and provide analytics on published content, and suggest future strategies to grow our traffic to this content.  Track current trends and competitors and apply learnings to pitches and assignments, sharing ideas with the team on a regular basis.

• 20%:  Collaborate with the Simply Recipes team on editorial strategy and other editorial goals.  Help build and manage a diverse group of expert writers who can develop recipes from different perspectives.

• 10%:  Occasional recipe development and article writing.  Occasional appearances on social media and video content.  Represent Simply Recipes in occasional PR appearances and campaigns.

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience.

Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience developing editorial food content, preferably for the web and preferably with an emphasis on recipes.

• 2 years experience editing recipes and working with freelance writers.

• Simply Recipes is a service-driven website dedicated to helping people of every background and skill level cook great meals for themselves and their families. Candidates should share this mission and feel a strong degree of compassion for the specific challenges facing home cooks (lack of time, budget concerns, dietary restrictions, grocery store access, lack of equipment, etc).

• Must have experience specifically related to home cooking, understand nuances surrounding sourcing and credibility, and a deep understanding of what works on the web.

• Experience working within a content management system (like Wordpress), MS Word, and Google (Docs, Sheets, and Slides).

• Experience tailoring content for Google Discover, AN+, and various outlets preferred.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:

• A knack for storytelling and for helping writers hone their voices.

• Strong visual skills, particularly when formatting content for readability and when evaluating art/photography for publication.

• An eagle eye for detail and a very high level of organization.

• Strong copywriter, capable of writing engaging, lively headlines and descriptions within the Simply Recipes voice and brand guidelines.

• Ability to assess creative quality and brand fit and give constructive feedback to writers and other editors.

• Flexibility and collaborative work is a cornerstone for how our company operates. Candidates must have a growth mindset toward new projects and challenges, and feel comfortable sharing ownership, giving and receiving feedback, and working within a team structure. 

• Simply Recipes is a remote team. Candidates must be adept at communicating and growing relationships over Slack and Zoom with only occasional in-person team gatherings.

% Travel Required (Approximate): 5%

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing [email protected].

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Pay Range

The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Dotdash Meredith’s total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, Dotdash Meredith provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with Dotdash Meredith and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.