HIRING:

-Editor for a very large not-for-profit scientific society's flagship news magazine

-This position will seek to grow the reach/engagement/audience for a weekly publication that reaches over 173,000 global members and more than 8 million readers online.

Position will interview and hire in May 2023/June 2023.

Position seeks a candidate with ability to work hybrid schedule - 2x days per week on-site in Washington DC and 3x days per week worked remote. Fully remote also considered.

Overview:

Seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic and creative science communicator to grow and diversify the audience for this flagship news magazine, C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News). C&EN produces authoritative, award-winning journalism about the world of chemistry, including coverage of recent advances in research, education, industry, funding, and regulatory policy. This position will be joining the world’s largest scientific society dedicated to a single discipline.

Responsibilities:

Help shape our newsroom strategies by analyzing engagement metrics to gain a sense for what types of stories C&EN’s audiences will want to share.
Drive digital audience growth and engagement, especially in new audience segments for C&EN.
Be the voice of C&EN across all our engagement and publication channels, encouraging our audience to engage with our journalism.
Expand the reach of C&EN’s content through collaboration across the American Chemical Society’s.
Champion social media use in the newsroom by developing best practices for reporters on engaging readers.
Partner with the newsroom and C&EN marketing to maintain existing newsletter products and to create new vibrant, engaging ones.
Plan and execute campaigns to promote large-scale editorial and sponsored project

Desired Skills, Education, & Experience:

A passion for communicating chemistry and engaging with scientists on digital platforms
3+ years' experience in journalism, social media management, marketing, or communications
Demonstrable passion for communicating science to varied audiences
Experience using data and metrics to drive audience engagement
A self-starter with the ability to work well within a team to achieve business goals
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience with project management tools like Asana
Knowledge of social media (organic and paid) marketing strategies and SEO
Experience with Eloqua email/marketing automation platform or similar system, Google and/or Adobe Analytics, and PowerPoint/multimedia presentation development
Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills

About working at C&EN:

This organization believes in the strength of diversity in all its forms because inclusion of and respect for diverse people, experiences, and ideas lead to superior solutions to world challenges and advance chemistry as a global, multidisciplinary science. In turn, C&EN believes that to meet its mission to be the world’s go-to source of news about chemistry, our reporting and our newsroom must include diverse perspectives. Therefore, we strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically marginalized communities in the chemical sciences to apply.

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