Associate Editor - Web jobs in Saint Petersburg, FL

Trend Magazines Inc.

Florida Trend

About us https://www.floridatrend.com/about-us

OVERALL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Report and write feature stories for Florida Trend on a variety of business and political topics and personalities.
• Contribute to Florida Trend’s digital newsletters and social media channels.
• Be informed and develop expertise on Florida’s key news developments and the context in which they occur.
• Collaborate with colleagues on story ideas.
• Participate in the editing process for both print and digital audiences.
Serve the information needs of Florida Trend readers in print, digital and social media channels.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Inform yourself about Florida and micro- and macro-economics. Use a variety of sources — people, newspapers, periodicals, reports and websites from governmental and non-governmental sources across the political spectrum. Get out of the office regularly, both when you interview people for a story and for face-to-face meetings, to cultivate sources. Attend conferences and Florida industry-related events when useful. Develop and expand areas of expertise in consultation with the executive editor.
• Use your knowledge of Florida and your region to generate story ideas. Prepare for and participate in story meetings at which ideas are refined and/or story lineups for specific issues are determined.
• Collaborate with Florida Trend’s digital team to extend the reach of the magazine’s written and visual journalism through daily and weekly newsletters and social media channels.
• Discuss the approach to stories — before writing — with the executive editor and managing editor. Provide contact information for art assignments to the art director in advance of the deadline.
• Deliver stories and their relevant components — including headlines and subheds for mainbar, sidebars and boxes — by the monthly deadline (with reasonable allowance for the availability of sources and other unforeseen difficulties).
• Participate in the final editing process, including reading the complete magazine in “blueline” form; identify misspellings and other errors and suggest any last-minute changes that may be appropriate.
• Continually evaluate the magazine’s look and content and suggest any changes that will improve it.
Participate collegially in staff activities. Communicate with other staff members independent of organized meetings.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES REQUIRED:

QUALIFICATIONS and EXPECTATIONS:

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WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Collegial office environment.
• Rigid deadlines.
• Requires occasional travel as a regular part of the job.

www.floridatrend.com

EOE, M/F/D/V