128 applicants

Company

Lexipol · 3 days ago

Lead Editor

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Generate ideas and write articles on a wide range of public safety technology topics, from ALPR to LLMs to CAD and RMS, for important sponsored editorial programs. Self-edit articles, receive and incorporate feedback and post articles to the CMS.

Take on existing freelancer relationships and find new freelancers to write product and technology articles. Assign articles, monitor progress, edit articles and post to the CMS.

Must be able to work with a large degree of independence requiring excellent judgment on newsworthy topics for our target audience. Daily sourcing and selection of 1-2 news stories from diverse news sources, including wire services, social channels, consumer media and other industry sources.

Create high-engagement video, such as technology explainer videos for the sites and social channel distribution.

Primary owner of building, testing and sending specialty eNewsletters.

Monitor the real-time and ongoing performance of product/technology content and make informed decisions about follow-up coverage.

Learning and upskilling to broaden capabilities within the current position and preparation for additional roles and responsibilities.

Generate product and technology article ideas with the Editorial Director and Director of Content Law Enforcement & Corrections.

Write 10 or more articles each month in a variety of formats, including but not limited to profiles, Q and A interviews, product reviews, product overviews, product focus, tips and tricks.

Conduct research and interview subject matter experts, as necessary.

Use ChatGPT as a virtual assistant for article idea generation, copy creation and editing, SEO optimization, hed/dek suggestions, social post suggestions, graphic creation and more.

Write copy that follows Associated Press Style Guide.

Deliver high-quality drafts to Director of Content Law Enforcement & Corrections by deadlines.

Communicate progress, ask questions and exchange files in Wrike project management system.

Post edited, final articles in CMS, following LMG team processes.

Identify and update evergreen product and technology content.

Take on the management of existing product/technology freelancers.

Find, recruit and onboard new product/technology freelancers.

Manage freelancer budget and report payments to Accounts Payable.

Assign articles to freelancers, track their progress, receive and edit drafts, and post finished articles to the CMS, following LMG team processes.

Daily search AP, Tribune and Google News, as well as press release distribution sites for public-safety specific technology/product news.

Select and post 1 to 3 of the most relevant to our audience news stories per day in the CMS.

Work collaboratively with the Director of Content Law Enforcement & Corrections to create a production process for technology explainer videos.

Use video creation and editing software to create 2 or more technology explainer videos per week.

Publish technology explainer videos to social channels.

Optimize video titles, descriptions and hashtags to maximize video performance and grow subscribers.

Monitor performance of explainer videos to improve existing formats and create news formats.

Distribute product/technology content to 300,000+ subscribers through regular creation of eNewsletters.

Build eNewsletters, one or more per week, with the CMS.

Write multiple eNewsletter subject lines for A/B testing.

Test and send the eNewsletters using email service provider’s software.

Check real-time performance of product and technology content at least once per day.

Review weekly traffic reports with specific attention to top performing product/technology content, including news.

Use analytics monitoring, real-time and weekly, to inform future exercise of discretion and judgment about news selection, original content topic selection, prioritizing writing assignment and hed/dek writing.

Develop a learning planning with the Director of Content Law Enforcement & Corrections.

Proactively identify skills and topics relevant to the position and pursue additional learning through courses, articles and videos.

Regularly complete learning plan components.

Apply professional development learning to position responsibilities.

Qualification

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Online news experienceJournalism degreeContent management system (CMS)Copyediting skillsSEO fundamentalsMS Office proficiencySocial media experienceFreelancer managementVideo creation toolsInterviewing skillsContent performance analyticsGenerative AI toolsGraphic design toolsPublic safety knowledgeAP Style GuideSelf-editingJudgment in content selection

Required

10+ years of online or digital news experience.

Degree in journalism, digital media or similar.

Strong attention to detail, as evidenced by excellent and error-free written communication, past product and technology writing and other work samples.

Proven ability to learn, use and optimize use of writing and digital media tools (content management system, social posting, eNewsletter building).

Interviewing subject matter experts by phone, video call or face-to-face.

Evidence of journalistic curiosity to learn about and adapt to a new audience.

Evidence of ability to use sound discretion and judgment in selecting media content.

Advanced-to-expert level skill with MS Office products.

Strong interest in product and technology content and understanding how to make product features and specs, relevant to the use cases of the audience.

Ability to operate in a fast-paced daily deadline-driven environment.

Exceptional writing and copyediting skills, attention to detail.

Great self-editing, with a knack for delivering clean copy with limited errors.

Knowledge of SEO fundamentals and best practices for optimizing news content for the web.

Experience using social media to drive traffic and source content for articles.

Tech-capable, with prior experience using a content management system (CMS) and other digital publishing tools.

Evidence of working with new and emerging content creation tools, including generative AI tools like ChatGPT.

While not a regular requirement, availability to attend select industry events for capturing product coverage and interviewing vendors and subject matter experts in person.