What are the responsibilities and job description for the Audience Editor, Full-Time, Temporary Job at Investigative Reporters & Editors, position at Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc.?
We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.
We are seeking a temporary full-time audience editor for six months who will work closely with senior editors and reporters on the presentation and promotion of our stories and assist the audience team with daily social platform programming.
Responsibilities
- Write and edit concise, compelling headlines and decks for stories, explainers, impact follow-ups, and more.
- Participate in story and planning meetings as needed to best promote stories.
- Draft social copy for your assigned stories, which can include single posts for X, Bluesky, Facebook, Threads, Mastodon, and LinkedIn; threads for X and Bluesky; Instagram captions; and more.
- Serve as the point person for your assigned stories, helping to inform the audience team of findings and potential promotional opportunities, and monitoring on-site and off-platform performance metrics.
- Lead the 8 a.m. ET social shift, programming reposts, monitoring comments and replies, and posting breaking news stories, as needed, across numerous social platforms. Serve as a backup for other social shifts when team members are out sick, on vacation, or seek additional capacity.
- Send push notifications to our audiences on desktop, native iOS and Android apps, and Apple News.
About You
We are looking for someone who has social media production, audience engagement, and editing experience. The ideal candidate will have many of these skills :
This job is a full-time, six-month temporary position and includes benefits. ProPublica is based in New York, but we’re open to candidates based in the U.S. who can begin work at 8 a.m. ET. We have offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Austin, Texas; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
The expected pay rate for this position is $47 an hour for 40 hours per week. This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment, and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.
We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.
Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org.
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