What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Publisher (Assistant Editor) position at Travelzoo?
Travelzoo is seeking an Assistant Publisher in our Chicago office. The ideal candidate will have lived in California for at least 4 years, with extensive knowledge of the California market.
Do you feel…
- Confident in your writing ability, able to write about our offerings clearly and concisely in an intelligent, grammatically correct, and inspiring way
- Driven to understand what makes a great offer through research against other comparable offers in market and test book the offer to ensure the offers are valid
- Eager to actively participate and provide feedback in content development, assisting to curate our weekly list of the world’s best travel & lifestyle offers
- Adept at identifying the right offers to present on our homepage and social media channels using a mix of intuition and member activity
- Excited to contribute, communicate and strategize with our internal teams regarding the quality of our offerings with a member first approach
- Able to monitor and report on member activity through emails and social media channels
- Open to feedback and direction
- Keen to maintain the editorial integrity of our publications
- Capable of managing push email scheduling and calendars
You are Ideally…
- A professional with 2-5 years of experience, including direct experience working in media in the travel or hospitality industries
- An excellent written and verbal communicator
- Able to manage time and multi-task under tight deadlines, be available and responsive, working with a sense of urgency
- In possession of strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary stakeholders across the company
- Passionate about travel and lifestyle content
- Degree educated in journalism, communications, marketing, or related field
What’s in it for you…
- Broaden your horizon by working with a global team and potentially in a different country
- Experience one of our travel deals first-hand each year, with additional vacation days and a travel budget – we call it the Travelzoo Experience
- We recognize your achievements with our employee awards
- Enjoy working like an entrepreneur? Our flat hierarchies will provide you with this opportunity
- Travelzoo supports a hybrid working model which allows US-based employees to work remotely two days per week, with three weekly in-office collaboration days
- Is life-long learning important to you? We offer online and offline learning options
- We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages
If you are excited about this opportunity and feel intrigued by our values of “leading by example”, “warm heart”, “cool head” and “working hands”, then we would like to get to know you!
