Associate Editorial Director, Food

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About The Position | Major goals and objectives

Food & Wine is seeking an Associate Editorial Director, Food to oversee its food editorial content creation strategy, publishing schedule, and operations. You should have a strong foundation as a leader and manager, as a writer, editor, and multi-media storyteller, and a strong culinary foundation. You love to cook at home and dine out and want to share that passion and skill with millions of readers. You will oversee and empower a team of food editors, refine and execute a strategy for creating and marketing best-in-class content, including user experience, to grow the Food & Wine audience and increase engagement while supporting revenue goals.

In this role, you will report to and work closely with the Editor-in-Chief, Senior Editorial Director, Editorial Director, and General Manager. You will create a data-informed, audience-driven food content strategy and manage a team of five editors working in multiple locations to produce high-quality recipes, articles, and editorial programs for all brand platforms including FoodandWine.com, the magazine, social and email channels, and events. As the food editorial lead, you will also partner regularly with stakeholders, including marketing, email, design, growth, video, food studios, social strategy, commerce, sales, print, PR, and more to support brand growth priorities.

The Associate Editorial Director must feel extremely comfortable leading change, especially in the age of AI. This candidate must also be able to use data and insights to guide content strategy. Comfort working collaboratively and with a sense of humor in a fast-paced environment is essential. The candidate is responsible for managing projects to be completed on time, enforcing Food Department deadlines, tracking and analyzing content performance. It's crucial for this role to maintain a good relationship with the Food Studios through daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines and touchpoints. Good communication, organization and efficient time management are paramount to our success.

About The Positions Contributions:

Weight % Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results

• 30%: Oversee food editorial vision and strategy for Food & Wine print and digital platforms and brand extensions. Manage execution of editorial initiatives to meet goals and create an optimal editorial experience for our readers in the magazine and all digital platforms, including digital, social and syndication partners.

• 20%: Work with the Editor-in-Chief and other brand editorial leaders to guide the creation of on-brand, cross-platform content that is digitally-performant and addresses our audience growth goals. Work with the General Manager, Senior Editorial Director, Editorial Director, and Editor-in-Chief to develop and implement the editorial vision, mission, strategy and operational plans against established budget and goals.

• 20%: Collaborate with food editors, art, photo, and Food Studios to deliver high quality recipe images and food video, while overseeing the digital and print food editorial calendar, day-to-day, issue-to-issue

• 10%: Provide training, guidance and best practices on content and projects.

• 10%: Clearly communicate team priorities as they evolve and remove barriers to productivity so staff members can adjust their work to meet changing goals.

• 5%: Uphold and cultivate our Good Egg Culture. Champion Food & Wine's commitment to Inclusion and the 4C's to ensure that our work-from the content we publish to daily interactions-comes from a place of inclusion.

• 5%: Appear as talent at events, in video, radio or broadcast interviews, and leverage social media presence on behalf of the brand as opportunities arise.

The Role's Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and/or experience.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience writing, editing, and curating digital food/drinks content for a large digital publisher, including 2+ years in a managerial position.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:

• A strong passion for food and culinary expertise. Experience in food media, culinary school, or other food-related experience is preferred but not required but required.

• Self-driven; high degree of collaboration, organization, and positivity; ability to thrive in a fast-changing environment.

• Able to meet strict deadlines and prioritize accordingly. Very organized.

• Proficient in using CMS and editorial production tools

• SEO Research: SEMRush, Google Trends and other data insights

• Analytics tools, such as Looker, Google Analytics

• Digital content workflow tools, such as AirTable

% Travel Required (Approximate): 10%

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 ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com.

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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.