Location
Bethesda, MD | United States
Job description
Education Week, a mission-driven, nonprofit news organization that publishes informed, independent, and highly respected education journalism, is seeking a Digital News Specialist to join our editorial team.
Job Summary The Digital News Specialist plays a key role in Education Week’s news operations, working to ensure that Education Week’s content is discoverable and engaging. In addition to regular production tasks, like producing newsletters and updating the homepage, the Digital News Specialist is responsible for rethinking or improving approaches to producing, presenting, and delivering content. The Digital News Specialist works closely with colleagues on editorial, social, visual, engagement, and revenue teams.
Education Week's Digital News Specialist will have the opportunity to:
- Join a mission-oriented newsroom working to inform and inspire those working in K-12 education
- Work with energetic and expert journalists passionate about storytelling and audience engagement
- Use best-in-class technologies to deepen engagement with Education Week's journalism, both via newsletters and the edweek.org website.
- Work on visually compelling stories, data presentations, and interactive and immersive experiences
- Thrive and grow professionally doing challenging work at an organization that values collaboration and innovation
- Maintain and optimize news products that support quality journalism, serve audiences, grow and retain subscribers, and generate revenue
This is a full-time, hybrid position. The Digital News Specialist will be required to work in-person in our Bethesda, MD, office at least two days a week. The majority of work will take place during normal working hours, with some occasional activities required on nights or weekends.
Applicants, please respond by January 19, 2024.
Key Responsibilities - Producing and sending daily and weekly newsletters
- Producing and maintaining pages on edweek.org, including the homepage
- Developing rich and engaging ways of presenting news and information
- Coordinating the promotion of Education Week content
- Developing and refining workflows for the production, publishing, and promotion of content
- Optimizing Education Week’s news products to ensure they are meeting editorial, audience, and revenue goals
- Helping maintain and improve our content management system and third-party editorial tools
- Keeping up with trends and advancements in the field of online news
- Writing, reporting, and editing (as needed)
Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in journalism , communications, or a related field
- 2+ years’ experience in digital content strategy, web production, or a related field
- Understanding of best practices around digital storytelling, audience engagement, news products, and editorial workflows
- Detail-oriented, deadline-focused, and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to incorporate web analytics into data-driven decision-making
- Experience with a web-based CMS (Brightspot, Wordpress, or related system)
- Familiarity with HTML/CSS
- Familiarity with SEO or A/B testing
About Education Week We are principled. We are welcoming. We are passionate. We are expert.
Education Week’s parent company, Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), serves the nation’s leading K-12 policymakers, educators, researchers, marketers and other influencers with informed, independent, and highly respected journalism and research, with the goal of improving U.S. K-12 education. Education Week (), K-12 education news, analysis, and opinion, is a digital-first news operation that is dedicated to raising the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education. A leading authority in an ever-evolving space, we bring over four decades of experience to our journalism and research without bias or agenda. At Education Week, we believe that an equitable—and excellent—education for all students is possible, and we empower the field to make it a reality.
Benefits and Perks Education Week is a vibrant workplace that is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Bethesda, MD. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including health and dental insurance, a 401(k), PTO, and tuition assistance. We value innovation, leadership, and forward-thinking, and provide a friendly, intellectual, challenging work environment where employees can thrive and grow professionally.
Education Week is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. EdWeek is committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment.
If you feel comfortable doing so, please feel free to note which pronouns you use in your application (for example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, ze/zir/zirs, etc.) Education Week will not be able to sponsor applicants for work visas.
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