This job expired on November 03, 2019
Culinary Community Editor Food Network
- Date Posted September 04, 2019
- Location New York, NY
- Category Culinary / Media
- Job type Freelance
Company description
FOOD NETWORK (www.foodnetwork.com) is a unique lifestyle network, website and magazine that connects viewers to the power and joy of food. The network strives to be viewers' best friend in food and is committed to leading by teaching, inspiring, empowering and entertaining through its talent and expertise. Food Network is distributed to nearly 100 million U.S. households and draws over 46 million unique web users monthly. Food Network is owned by Discovery, Inc., a global leader in real life entertainment spanning 220 countries and territories; the portfolio also includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, TLC, Investigation Discovery, and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
Job description
Compensation
this position is : contract, $15/hr +
Location
job can be done remotely
Application instructions
Discovery, Inc. is looking for a digital superstar to join the Food Network editorial team. The person in this role will provide culinary support and community management of our active social media platforms.
- This position reports to the Food Network Managing Editor.
- This person must work collaboratively with members of Food Network’s social, video, culinary, digital programming and editorial teams to ensure deadlines are met.
- This person must develop and maintain an effective working relationship with the Discovery enterprise teams, culinary editors, social teams and the Food Network and Cooking Channel Programming teams in Knoxville, TN and New York City, NY.
- The ideal candidate is a creative individual with a passion for social media and the world of food.
- Culinary school graduate preferred.
Accountabilities:
- Answer cooking and culinary questions during live events on a social platform, responding quickly in the Food Network voice.
- Provide culinary support for 24 hours after live events, and for general culinary customer service questions tied to events or otherwise.
- Coordinate with editorial, video and PR teams on production calendar.
- Schedule culinary editorial community support for evening and weekend events; maintain a database of freelance community editors.
- Monitor, respond to and moderate social media and community conversations on managed platforms.
- Commit portion of weekend, weeknights and occasionally holidays (~2 hours/week) to posting on social platforms as needed.
- Track, analyze, optimize and report on social media programs to help meet objectives.
- Share community feedback, identify potential issues, manage day-to-day responses, as well as strategize for long-term issues management.
Skills/Competencies:
- Culinary degree or equivalent experience preferred; 3-5 years Test Kitchen experience or related cooking experience required.
- Previous editorial and multi-platform social media experience required.
- Active and engaged participant in social media (provide links)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to coordinate and prioritize large and diverse workload to meet deadlines.
- Initiative to work independently and proactively, and ability to assess and prioritize information.
- Strong writing skills, specifically to fit the voice of the overall brand/site strategy.
- Ability to manage and thrive in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
- Knowledge of primary research, writing, editing, and copy style.
- Ability to manage work of self and others.
- Advanced attention to detail.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related experience.
- Strong industry experience—digital, entertainment/lifestyle media, new platforms, product development—is required.
- Must have the legal right to work in the United States, New York, NY
This job expired on November 03, 2019
DeadlineSeptember 20, 2019