Senior Digital Editor, Men’s Journal

The Arena Group is seeking a Senior Digital Editor, Men’s Journal to play a key role in executing the brand’s growth strategy. The ideal candidate will have proven editorial experience covering a range of lifestyle topics, including food, fitness, travel, style, entertainment, and more. If hired, you would be responsible for developing pitches, assigning stories, publishing daily, and contributing to the larger brand strategy. The ideal candidate will bring a sharp eye for clean copy and SEO knowledge, as well as the ambition and drive to tell bigger, deeper stories. The ideal candidate will also have experience writing and editing service and narrative content in a fast-paced competitive environment while also developing and delivering bigger, long-term projects. This position reports to the deputy editor.

The Arena Group’s expected annualized base salary range for this position is currently $70,000 - $80,000.  Actual salaries will vary based on multiple factors including, but not limited to location, education, experience and other factors permitted by law.  The listed salary range is but one component of The Arena Group’s total compensation and benefits available to its employees. 

Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, and edit within monthly and annual editorial calendars

• Develop stories that will meet audience and traffic goals

• Use analytics & research tools such as Google Analytics, Google Trends, Ahrefs, Parsley, etc. to monitor story performance, and adjust strategy accordingly

• Update and optimize existing stories with fresh info to gain new search traffic

• Work closely with team members on ideation, site direction, and content package execution

Qualifications

• 5-10 years’ experience working in a fast-paced digital environment

• Knowledge of digital content best practices, SEO and audience development tactics

• Excellent communication, organization, leadership, and time management skills

• Collaborative and team-oriented

• A sense of fun, urgency, and a can-do attitude

• Relationships with freelance writers

Snapshot of Benefits

• Medical, Dental and, Vision Coverage

• Retirement Savings Plan (401K), with company match

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Commuter Benefits

• Reimbursement for business cell phone use per company policy 

• Employee Stock Option Plan (Publicly Traded Company - AREN)

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave

• 12 Paid Holidays

Company Overview

The Arena Group creates dynamic, digital destinations that delight consumers with stories and news about the things they love – their favorite sports teams, the inside scoop on personal finance, and the latest on lifestyle essentials. We are building out a robust media ecosystem that brings together consumers, publishers and advertisers with a proven strategy that brings sustainable performance growth in audience, engagement and monetization. We harness the authority of trusted brands and the editorial prowess of our leading writers and editors. Our destinations live on a robust technology platform that helps deliver best in class capabilities in direct sales and programmatic advertising, data, SEO, social, and operations.

The Arena Group (NYSE American: AREN) is an innovative technology platform and media company with a proven cutting-edge playbook that transforms media brands. Our unified technology platform empowers creators and publishers with tools to publish and monetize their content, while also leveraging quality journalism of anchor brands like Sports Illustrated, TheStreet, Parade, Men’s Journal, and HubPages to build their businesses. The company aggregates content across a diverse portfolio of over 265 brands, reaching over 100 million users monthly. Visit us at thearenagroup.net and discover how we are revolutionizing the world of digital media.

The Arena Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.