The Strategist is searching for a strong SEO editor to help us refine our evergreen strategy, explore new areas of coverage, and ensure our catalog of shopping guides meet all best practices. The ideal editor will be fluent in a variety of SEO and keyword tools, especially in the hyper-competitive e-commerce space, and will be invested in marrying those resources with the Strategist sensibility and editorial philosophy.

 

WHO WE ARE

The Strategist is New York Magazine’s site for rigorously reported service journalism that helps readers shop smartly. Its writers and editors surface the stuff that is actually worth buying, alongside all sorts of things you never knew you needed.

The Strategist 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

• Monitor the performance of keywords associated with evergreen articles, especially our shopping guides, and develop strategies to maintain strong Google ranks for them
• Utilize Google’s suite of tools, in addition to third-party tools and data sources such as Semrush and Moz, to research growth opportunities
• Provide regular feedback to Strategist editors and writers, top-editing and updating content daily with an eye for SEO
• Make SEO recommendations for e-commerce tentpoles (e.g., holiday shopping, sales events), ranging from high-level story opportunities to tactical optimizations
• Act as an SEO resource for the Strategist editorial team, including, but not limited to, keyword research, performance analysis, and real-time guidance on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
• Partner with Vox Media’s central SEO team to stay on top of any SEO-related learnings, and adapt Vox Media's best practices and general guidance for the Strategist

 

WHO YOU ARE

• Familiarity with the Strategist, its approach to service journalism, and coverage areas
• Analytical mindset and experience uncovering opportunities and optimizing content, while balancing editorial voice
• Detail-oriented with a copy editor’s eye for formatting errors, with clear writing and strong line editing skills 
• Curiosity and a willingness to recommend and test new SEO tactics and strategies
• Ability to manage multiple tracks of work at once, balancing both short-term and long-term projects simultaneously
• Excellent communication and task management skills, especially in working with a distributed team across time zones
• Detail-oriented, with a copy editor’s eye for formatting errors
• Strong and fast-paced writing skills for a digital publication

 

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

This job is flex.

 

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.

 

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$75,000—$115,000 USD