Job description

Edible Manhattan, the publication with a mission to chronicle and celebrate the food and drink culture of Manhattan, seeks a print editor. As editor, you will be responsible for all editorial content in Edible Manhattan magazine, which prints quarterly, and will coordinate with the digital editor to serve all this content at-scale, through our digital channels. With a quarterly print magazine, active website and digital properties, rapidly growing social media streams and live event experiences for readers, Edible Manhattan is the trusted, definitive food voice for the borough.

This is a part-time job with certain daily and weekly responsibilities. The workload intensifies around the periods in the year when the print issue reaches layout and approaches the printer. Edible Manhattan is a work-from-home organization. We also use a collective workspace in Midtown Manhattan that you would have access to. The print editor will be available during most business hours but can have a flexible work schedule. Weekly calls and/or meetings with other Edible staff are required.

Your responsibilities include the following. You will tap your network of freelance writers and your vision of the stories that tell how Gotham eats and drinks. You will commission and plan stories for the print edition of Edible Manhattan, which includes planning, assigning, editing, delivering to layout and approving final pages of each issue. You will also work in close coordination the Edible Brooklyn team to coordinate cross-borough storytelling, and also work with our digital team to promote and effectively deploy print content online, create web extras, and commission video and other rich media for Edible’s evolving and thriving digital platform.

Specific responsibilities and activities include:

• Commission/edit content to deliver on-time and within-budget for four issues of Edible Manhattan.
• Write editor’s letter/Grist for the Mill for each issue.
• Work in conjunction with photo editor and graphic designer to plan, commission, edit and deliver to layout all text, photos, captions and other content elements.
• Coordinate with Edible Brooklyn editor as needed.
• Attend monthly all-edit meetings.

Digital responsibilities:

• Coordinate on digital projects and collaborations (suggest blog content and promo ops, plan content for the weekly blog digest for EdibleManhattan.com, etc.)
• Write minimum of 1 blog post per week for EdibleManhattan.com.
• Regular social media activity from your personal streams in support of our editorial role and related to Edible Manhattan
• Give input on Events/Guide on EdibleManhattan.com.

Other responsibilities:

• Attend all major Edible events (approximately 6 per year, including Good Beer, Good Spirits, etc.)
• Represent Edible at occasional events in Manhattan, as speaker, moderator, etc.

To knock this job out of the park, you would have these essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• 3-5 years relevant editorial experience.
• Proven track record of developing, writing and editing compelling content (a great, and fast, writer and editor).
• Ability to maintain the Edible editorial voice and mission.
• Superb organizational skills, self-motivation and ability to manage people.
• Web and social media savvy; strong knowledge of current developments in new media communications.
• Understand and obsess over related media and food/drink trends.
• Knowledge/passion about the kind of content covered in Edible Brooklyn: locavore food scene, farmers markets, community gardens, artisan ingredients, small-batch booze, local food policy. In other words, knows a serrano from a habanero at 20 paces, has tasted raw milk, knows the difference between fair trade and estate-grown coffee, understands why New Yorkers have many better seafood choices than imported farmed salmon.

You will enjoy all sorts of perks:

• Be at the helm (and top of the masthead) of a James Beard Award–winning media brand.
• Give voice to one of the most influential food communities in the country.
• Work with passionate, mission-driven, food- and drink-focused colleagues.
• A chance to be a player in the food and media world during a highly transitional time.
• Free passes for friends and family to all Edible events.
• Edible Manhattan is a work-from-home organization that allows for flexible schedules and creative pursuits on the side.
• We use a collective workspace in Midtown Manhattan that you would have access to.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Deadline

August 17, 2015