Digital Weekend News Editor, PEOPLE

Job Description

This assignment posting is for an Agency Worker opportunity with Dotdash Meredith. The Agency Worker is paid by a staffing agency employer. Agency Workers will receive a W2 from the staffing agency reporting their earnings for tax purposes.PEOPLE is currently hiring a Digital News Editor to work on our news team across all of our verticals (both celebrity and non-celebrity) Thursday-Mondays, during the set hours of 12-8 PM EST on weekends and 11-7 EST on weekdays. Guaranteed 40 hours a week, including the two weekend days. This is a fast-paced news operation covering stories about entertainment, crime, human interest, society and culture and lifestyle topics. The experienced editor must be able to handle a high volume of content, and juggle editing and writing. They will spend parts of their weekend shift as the site lead—curating, assigning and editing content while communicating with editorial leaders. They will also help program the PEOPLE.com homepage and should have excellent news judgement. They should feel comfortable conducting interviews with high-profile subjects and pivoting between various content types, and be familiar with daily news topics. At least 6 years experience writing for a news website in a high-velocity environment required. Experience at a national news brand preferred. Location: RemotePay rate: $35-38/hr