Associate Editor, Planetizen

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $50k - $60k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Urban Insight

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

🌐 Web 3

☁️ SaaS

Web 3 • SaaS

Urban Insight is a top-rated web development agency that specializes in providing strong project leadership and data-driven strategies to create innovative websites. Their technical expertise focuses on developing websites for organizations that aim to make a difference in various sectors such as cultural arts, education, and legal aid services. Urban Insight partners with associations, membership organizations, cultural arts entities, legal aid services, urban planning projects, and higher education institutions to enhance their website presence. They emphasize data-driven design to transform user experiences and have extensive experience in web development and website redesign.

📋 Description

• Editing, publishing and writing – 50% of time • Assigning and editing 2-5 feature, op-ed, analysis and other editorial pieces per week, working closely with external contributors to hone pitches for assignment and delivering substantive, line and copy edits in a timely manner • Packaging pieces for publishing: writing sharp, catchy headlines and deks; choosing attractive, editorially relevant and interesting imagery; utilizing AP style; uploading and formatting pieces in Planetizen’s content management system and scheduling them for release. • Taking an active role in shaping editorial processes, content types and overall editorial ideation, including proactively identifying and problem-solving barriers to success and ideating opportunities for improvement and growth • Writing short editorial posts (like monthly wrap-ups and Planetizen’s Federal Action Tracker), and contributing unique feature, op-ed, analysis or other editorial content pieces • Sourcing, summarizing and publishing ~30 pieces of essential urban planning news per week for Planetizen’s aggregated newsfeed. • Writing and formatting templated posts for Planetizen’s social media feeds and newsletters • Using analytics and other audience engagement metrics to monitor and optimize editorial content performance according to Planetizen’s strategic goals • Completing editing and quality assurance tasks for the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, Planetizen Courses, AICP Exam Prep, and other Planetizen products.

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years experience in a newsroom or other journalistic/editorial environment • Comfort in a fast-paced environment handling high volumes of content • Strong judgement, critical thinking and editorial instinct • Ability to take initiative, self start and work independently yet collaboratively on a small team that values teamwork, and each other • Excellent time-management and organizational skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at different stages simultaneously • Ability to use data and other audience engagement measures to make decisions that optimize editorial performance • Experience with Google Workspace, Google Analytics, Data Studio, Drupal, Canva, Sprout Social or similar tools and systems • Experience with or strong interest in urban planning.

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid time off (15 days increasing to 20 after four years) • Holiday time off (~10 days per year) • Medical, dental and vision insurance (95% employer-paid for the individual) • Company-sponsored 401(k) plan with employer match (after 60 days) • Performance and compensation reviews annually