Assistant Managing Editor

About the Role

Title: Assistant Managing Editor, Forbes Vetted

Location: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington, USA.

Remote

Job Description:

Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.

Forbes Vetted is seeking an Assistant Managing Editor to join our commerce editorial team. The Assistant Managing Editor will be responsible for optimizing and maintaining editorial operations for Forbes Vetted, which covers the best products in home, sleep, tech, fashion, beauty, travel, gear, parenting and more. This role will be also tasked with helping manage operations and project management for in-person panel testing initiatives and other cross-team projects in the New York/New Jersey area. They will support our entire editorial staff with other day-to-day tasks and workflow management. This role will report to the Managing Editor. This is a hybrid role with an option to commute to the Jersey City Forbes office if desired; the role is largely remote but will require travel to shoots and other events primarily located in the New York/New Jersey area.

Responsibilities

Collaborating with the Managing Editor in maintaining editorial quality across content

Assisting the Senior Reviews Editor and applicable section editors with operations and project management for in-person panel-testing initiatives throughout the year

Working with the features team with operations and project management of big brand moments (including editorial packages, the Forbes Vetted Best Product Awards, holiday gift guides, other photo/video shoots)

Troubleshooting and helping iterate on workflows between Edit, Art and Aud Development

Supporting cross-team launches and large-scale editorial projects, project managing as needed

Training incoming editorial team members in Vetted systems, workflows, best practices, and most-used softwares as applicable

Option to occasionally write editorial content, including product reviews, best lists and off-platform content

Managing systems for contributor onboarding and contract execution across the Vetted team and developing new workflows as needed

Participating in sales event coverage, including potential shifts over holiday weekends like Memorial Day, Labor Day and Black Friday through Cyber Monday

The ideal candidate

Has 3 or more years of experience in editorial operations, project management or similar

Has experience working for a major digital publication

Has a proven track record of success in working with remote teams

Is impeccably organized and loves optimizing workflows and systems

Has experience with project management software like Monday.com and managing and/or creating workflows within it

Has experience communicating with PR contacts to request and coordinate product samples

Is comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment and able to pivot quickly when needed

Is a team player who can multitask and work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders

The annual base salary range for this role is $70,000 - $80,000

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!

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Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.