Vulture is hiring an editorial games producer to help us build on the success of Cinematrix, our daily movie trivia grid game. We’re looking for someone who possesses a passion for games and game design that’s rivaled only by their love of movies, has otherworldly attention to detail, and can write cleanly with a bit of verve.

 

WHO WE ARE

Vulture, New York Magazine's home for pop culture and entertainment coverage, is where savvy culture consumers come to find sharp, obsessive coverage of their favorite entertainment and the people who create it.

Vulture is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Day-to-day management of the game: Delivering completed grids to our vendor. Requesting visual assets from our art team. Updating live games as needed.

 

• Fact check: While many Cinematrix categories are automated, others are hand-programmed by our designers and require a fact-check to ensure that every eligible movie for a given square is valid, that no valid movies have been inadvertently omitted, and that movie titles are styled correctly.

 

• Research: Finding eligible answers for games that are being designed, determining the viability of new categories that are being considered, helping define categories that involve subjectivity.

 

• Data management: Maintaining a database of grid information and tending to a game archive.

 

• Writing: Creating daily answer key posts, producing insights columns related to the game, pitching other ideas that might deepen the relationship we have with regular players.

 

• Community building: Responding to emails; cultivating discussion spaces; working with the social team to promote the game on those platforms.

 

• Building grids!: We can’t wait to hear about your dream squares.

 

WHO YOU ARE

A lover of entertainment, especially movies, and enjoyer of trivia and games. You have a desire to innovate and creatively problem-solve in the games space, working closely with game designers, product engineers, external vendors, and Vulture editors in order to improve Cinematrix and the player experience. You are detail-oriented and comfortable conducting research on a variety of platforms. Ideally, you are comfortable working in Google Sheets to help us organize game data.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

Vulture has a NYC office from which local applicants would be encouraged but not expected to work. Fully remote candidates will be considered.

 

WHY VOX MEDIA? WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

 

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

 

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range$72,000—$85,000 USD