Associate Editor, EW (SEO/Evergreen)
About the position Entertainment Weekly is seeking an Associate Editor to join its digital SEO team. This role focuses on assigning and editing timely content driven by the entertainment and celebrity news cycle, with a strong emphasis on TV, film, and streaming explainers, as well as evergreen entertainment content. The ideal candidate is a sharp editor and digitally savvy pop culture expert with a strong grasp of SEO best practices and performance analytics. As part of a fast-paced newsroom, this editor should be comfortable handling 3–5 edits per day while staying closely attuned to breaking news and emerging trends, and delivering clean, accurate work on tight timelines. This role requires a self-starter who can confidently recruit and manage both internal and freelance writers. This position will also involve working on various projects across different departments and communicating with stakeholders. Hybrid 3x a week (New York) This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week. About the Team The Associate Editor will join a small, nimble SEO team focused on identifying daily trending opportunities across the entertainment and celebrity news cycle. Working closely with an existing editor, this team is responsible for shaping daily coverage, optimizing content for search, and scaling timely, search-driven storytelling across all of EW’s verticals. The team operates at the intersection of editorial instinct and performance, balancing speed with precision and using data to inform coverage decisions in real time. It collaborates closely with the broader EW news team, playing a key role in driving traffic growth while maintaining the brand’s voice and authority in entertainment news.
Responsibilities
- Edit and publish new content, closely adhering to EW’s style guide and ensuring all copy is clean and accurate as well as optimized for SEO
- Ideate, pitch and assign new content to writers (in-house and freelance)
- Writing new content
Requirements
- BA or BS
- 2-3 years experience with an entertainment/celebrity news publication or in a related lifestyle space
- Strong writing and editing skills, impeccable journalistic standards, and attention to detail.
- Ability to respond quickly to breaking news and understand how to find an SEO or evergreen angle from a news event.
- Demonstrated understanding of SEO and analytics.
- Demonstrated knowledge of entertainment and pop culture.
- Detail-oriented and organized, yet loves a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
Benefits
- unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- adoption or surrogate assistance
- donation matching
- tuition reimbursement
- basic life insurance
- basic accidental death & dismemberment
- supplemental life insurance
- supplemental accident insurance
- commuter benefits
- short term and long term disability
- health savings and flexible spending accounts
- family care benefits
- a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program
- 10-12 paid holidays annually
- generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)
- medical
- dental
- vision
- prescription drug coverage
- pet insurance
- accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance
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