Position Details

Salary $53K – $82K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience mid

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Not specified

Category Content & Media

About this role

Platforms Editor, Special Projects is a strategic and hands-on editorial role that grows audience engagement across distributed platforms for USA TODAY’s emerging verticals. The editor leads social media strategy, publishes and creates content, champions vertical video, and curates newsletters using audience data and platform trends.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute audience growth strategies across social media, newsletters, and distributed platforms
Analyze audience data and platform trends to optimize performance
Lead social media strategy, publishing, and content creation
Champion vertical video and personality-driven storytelling
Curate newsletters and support creators with producing and publishing video shorts

Technical Overview

This role is primarily editorial/digital content operations, leveraging data fluency to optimize content distribution across social and newsletter channels. No specific technical stack is stated; focus is on platform-specific content strategy and performance optimization.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a platforms-focused editor who can drive audience growth across social media, newsletters, and distributed platforms using data-informed decision-making. They have strong experience leading publishing and content creation, championing vertical video and personality-driven storytelling, and coordinating with creators and an Audience Manager.

Must-Have Skills

Develop and execute strategies to grow audiences across social medianewslettersand distributed platformsAnalyze audience data and platform trends to inform content decisions and optimize performanceLead social media strategypublishing and content creationChampion vertical video and personality-driven storytellingCurate newsletters to reach new and existing audiencesSupport creators in producing and publishing video shorts

Nice-to-Have Skills

some supervisory experience

Required Skills

social media strategypublishingcontent creationvertical videopersonality-driven storytellingnewsletter curationaudience growthplatform strategyanalyze audience dataanalyze platform trendscontent optimizationdistributed platformsvideo shortscreator collaborationeditorial planninghands-on editorial execution

Hard Skills

social media strategypublishingcontent creationvertical videostorytellingnewsletter curationaudience growthplatform strategyanalyzing audience dataanalyzing platform trendscontent optimization for platform distributionvideo shorts production and publishingeditorial planningcollaboration with Audience Managerdistributed platforms

Soft Skills

creativitydata fluencystrategic thinkingcollaborative mindsethands-on executioncommunicationsupervisory collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Media

Job Function Drive audience growth and engagement through platform-first editorial strategy and content production.

Role Subtype Editor

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Must be located in the allowed remote states (remote from any state except Alaska, Hawaii or Wyoming)

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