{"id":8037,"date":"2013-03-25T20:32:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T00:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordgrrls.com\/?p=8037"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:15:29","slug":"could-you-be-a-managing-editor-at-yahoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2013\/could-you-be-a-managing-editor-at-yahoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Could you be a Managing Editor at Yahoo!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Managing Editor, Shine Canada<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div title=\"\">\n<blockquote>\n<div title=\"\">Yahoo! <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">is<\/span> focused on making the world&#8217;s daily habits more inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo! <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">is<\/span> headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">pressroom<\/span> (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the company&#8217;s blog (yodel.yahoo.com).<\/div>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Job Title\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Managing Editor, Shine Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Reports into\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0Sr Director, Media Network, Y! Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Job Responsibilities<br>\n<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: calibri, sans-serif;\">As managing editor for Shine, you will be responsible for setting the vision for Shine Canada, creating user and content experiences that establish daily habits amongst your users with the aim of establishing the property as an integral part of your users day and a leader in the lifestyle media landscape in Canada.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Your success will be measured on whether you manage to drive up new adoption, as well as increase frequency of visits and engagement\/ visit of existing users <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">on<\/span> your property.\u00a0Priorities include setting a strategy for the site to meet these objectives and then overseeing execution of this <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">strategy including,<\/span> establishing and working with BD to fulfill key content needs, prioritizing, influencing and coordinating product development, managing both short and long term editorial <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">calendar<\/span>, running the day to day operations of the site as well as tracking performance. The role also involves managing a 7-day original content production schedule, organizing freelance contributors and editing content for blogs in a voice and style that comply with the Yahoo! Editorial Style Guide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Responsibilities include:<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Establishing site vision and strategy for the property<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Establishing key daily habit needs within channel and making sure these needs are met <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">in<\/span> a delightful and inspiring way<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Driving new adoption of the site from off-network as well as increasing engagement\u00a0\u00a0and frequency of existing users<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Promote <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">use<\/span> of top social media and search engine optimization best practices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Oversee content programming, ensuring sub-channels remain up-to-date with latest, fresh, compelling multi-media content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Develop enterprising and original editorial strategies (text or video) to promote important Canadian themes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Prioritizing, influencing and coordinating product development to ensure all your key market needs are addressed in a timely manner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Own, establish and maximize content partner relations and source contributors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><b><i><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Minimum Job Qualifications<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Team leadership \/ previous managerial experience is required<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Project management skills and special coverage experience are required<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Content aggregation and packaging &#8211; know how and when to package stories together<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Some experience with managing multimedia and video content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">A passion for Lifestyle topics and issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">New product development is an asset<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Proven content writing ability and time-sensitive editing ability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Experience with blogs, podcasts, Twitter and other social media, and moderating\/filtering user-generated content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Track record of encouraging community, interactivity and cross promotion content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Knowledge of innovative websites in the market and working knowledge of competitors in the media arena in Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Experience with web audience metrics collection and analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Strong organizational\/<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">record-keeping<\/span> skills<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Collaborative and communicative work ethic<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Willingness to appear on camera<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Basic Photoshop skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Excellent web writing style<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Excellent computer skills (MS Office, Excel, etc.) and apt to learning new online tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Strong analytical and problem-solving skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Ability to work a flexible work week when news dictates<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><b><i><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Preferred Job Qualifications<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">7 years plus in a lifestyle role for an established media brand<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Exposure\/experience working with global product teams to localize for market an asset<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Bilingualism in French (written &amp; verbal) <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">is<\/span> an asset<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Degree in journalism or a related field<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Experience working with freelance writers and editors remotely<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">via<\/span> <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/tas-yahoo.taleo.net\/careersection\/yahoo_global_cs\/jobdetail.ftl?job=1343644&amp;lang=en&amp;ylng=en&amp;yloc=ca\">Job Description &#8211; Managing Editor, Shine Canada (1343644)<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2013\/could-you-be-a-managing-editor-at-yahoo\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Could you be a Managing Editor at Yahoo!?\"><p>Managing Editor, Shine Canada\u00a0\u00a0 Yahoo! is focused on making the world&#8217;s daily habits more inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[914],"tags":[253,83,16,1011,313,1038,326,429,1143,1245,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75123,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037\/revisions\/75123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}