The content director will work with three managing editors and assist in managing the editorial strategic direction for three nationally distributed military-niche magazines: G.I. Jobs, Vetrepreneur and Military Spouse.
Victory Media Inc., a veteran-owned business, is a national media company based in Pittsburgh, PA. Victory Media publishes three nationally distributed, military-niche magazines: G.I. Jobs, Veterans Business Journal, and Military Spouse.
In addition, Victory Media owns and operates the National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA) which unites the 3.6 million veteran business owners in the U.S. Victory Media has been honored as one of the 30 fastest growing companies in Pittsburgh two years straight with revenue growth of 82% over the past year and 186% over the past two years.
The content director will work with three managing editors and assist in managing the editorial strategic direction for three nationally distributed military-niche magazines: G.I. Jobs, Vetrepreneur and Military Spouse. G.I. Jobs a national monthly magazine that assists transitioning military members and veterans in their search for civilian employment. Vetrepreneur is a national business magazine for the 3 million veteran business owners in the US. Military Spouse is a woman’s consumer magazine for the 1 million military spouses in the US.
The content director will be responsible for developing the strategic editorial direction of the magazines, in addition to integrating social media, video content into the respective brands. Key responsibility will be developing the strategic direction for each of the brands and measuring readership engagement for print and web. This position will report directly to general manager product.
Magazine Duties:
• Work with GM Product to develop editorial strategy for magazines.
• Establish strategic content plans for all magazines.
• Use respective comparables for each magazine to ensure we are using best of breed content and content formatting.
• Ultimately this person will need to ensure that the readers are fully engaged in the magazines and websites and need to manage and lead readership feedback analysis and reporting.
• Work with managing editors to develop style guide for magazine to ensure consistency and style.
• Work with managing editors to develop strong relationships with key information gatherers and stakeholders to develop strong lines of communication for story validation and development.
• Ensure that editorial costs are in line with budget.
• Assist in developing a pool of talented freelance writers for all the magazines.
• Write articles as needed.
• Assist in copy editing articles for grammatical and context accuracy during the different stages of production.
• Proof printer bluelines with the GM Product as a final edit before printing.
Social Media Duties
• Develop social media strategy for all three brands. Ensure that our content is being pushed out efficiently through social media with the goal of driving more traffic to our Web sites, increasing subscriptions and memberships and building credibility with our brands.
Qualifications:
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong computer usage skills: must be proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communications skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task various projects.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Ability to manage others.
• Five years of previous managing editor experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Prior military experience highly preferred, but not required.
Salary and Benefits:
• Salary commensurate with experience. Please provide a salary history. • Medical, dental, vision and 401(k) benefits for full time. Ten days paid vacation per year to start for full time.
• About eight paid holidays per year.
Other:
• Start immediately, EOE.
• We are seeking a person committed to staying with the company long-term.
Please submit your resume via email to rich@gijobs.net
