Editor
Quilting Arts Magazine
Golden Peak Media is seeking an editor for Quilting Arts Magazine. As editor, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the content and direction of each issue. You’re a fit if you are connected to the art quilting community through a personal or professional practice, and you’re passionate about creativity, community and media. This position reports to the editorial director for Quilting. Join a creative, energetic team as we inspire, educate, and connect with others who love art quilting as much as we do.
Essential Responsibilities
- Develop editorial strategy for Quilting Arts magazine and associated platforms, working with a team to deliver compelling magazine issues, newsletters, video, web, and social media content
- Research and identify trends, topics, and stories that resonate with the Quilting Arts target audience
- Oversee content, assigning to staff and freelance writers, gathering images, writing, editing, proofreading
- Manage the editorial calendar and meet daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines
- Collaborate with the Creative design team to develop and produce each issue
- Use data analytics to contribute to editorial strategy and inform content decisions for audience engagement and growth
- Recruit, manage, and nurture relationships with a variety of contributors, including industry professionals and emerging artists
- Support content and program development for the Quilting Arts PBS television program
Qualifications:
- Experience writing, assigning, reporting, and editing for magazines and websites
- Knowledge of publishing processes, including editorial planning and mapping, advertising and production flow
- Experience building engagement via social channels and blogging
- Experience teaching or demonstrating quilting techniques or other crafts
- Familiarity with quilting industry trends and knowledge of the Art Quilting audience
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, social platforms
- Strong copyediting and proofreading abilities; knowledge of AP Style
- Excellent judgment for fact checking, original reporting, and journalistic best practices
- Strong management skills of people and processes
- Experience in managing editorial budgets
Must-have qualifications
- At least 2 years of work experience do you have assigning and editing for magazines, or websites.
- At least 2 years of work experience do you have developing social strategies and content for a brand.
- At least 5 years of experience do you have managing a team of more than two people?
- At least 5 years of work experience do you have writing for magazines, newsletters, or websites?
- Colorado resident. Non-Colorado residents will not be considered for this position.
Why You’ll Love Golden Peak Media:
- We love crafting and arts, and if you do too, you can live it every day.
- Our brands -- from Fons & Porter’s Love of QuiltingtoArtists Magazine -- are celebrated brands and you will help shape them for an even brighter future.
- You’ll work with talented, interesting people. We work hard and we have fun too. We care deeply about crafting and each other.
- We cultivate curiosity, take risks, learn by doing, and reward future thinking.
- We encourage all voices. We embrace the notion that debate is healthy and impassioned discourse leads to our best results.
Salary $55,000 and higher, commensurate with experience.
To apply, please send letter of interest and resume kbutler@goldenpeakmedia.com
Golden Peak Media provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Golden, CO 80401
