Editorial Strategist

ENGINE is a global, full-service media and marketing services company. Our award-winning creative agency is a business that is built on a modern performance & data machine. We are a purpose-built unit, bridging the gap between culture, creativity, and results. In our opinion, there is no other way to approach success for a client – you need to excel in creativity, but the work needs to perform. Simple.

Position summary:

Do you thrive on social and have an insatiable appetite for film and TV? Do you subscribe to nearly every streaming platform and make memes in your spare time? Do you love telling people how you’re both strategic and creative, left- and right- brained? Keep reading.

ENGINE is looking for a New York-based Editorial Strategist to lead the editorial voice of our world-class entertainment client on social media. In this role, you’ll build and manage monthly and daily social content strategy, while providing ongoing insights for editorial improvements. You’ll partner closely with the client and our internal creative team on the timely execution of always-on content, and ensure campaigns and themes are successfully communicated across multiple platforms.

Needless to say, the right candidate should be unabashedly passionate about social media and entertainment. If you’re that rare combination of thinker, collaborator, and maker, we want you to be a part of our uniquely dynamic (and very fun) team.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and organize larger social strategies to help grow and maintain the client’s social ecosystem
• Develop monthly creative briefings for the internal team to create evergreen and promotional social content
• Maintain direct communication with clients and work with them to ensure editorial agenda is fulfilled
• Compile bi-weekly reporting to show month-over-month trends
• Provide insights and recommendations to optimize and improve future content
• Work closely with creative team to write and develop pieces of content to feed always-on channels 
• Stay on top of digital and social trends, mining for insights that can inform editorial improvements

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of content strategy experience at a digital publication or agency
• Strong grasp of brand and digital marketing
• Strong understanding of user-focused content strategy principles and best practices
• Strong enthusiasm for digital trends and emerging technologies
• Familiar with paid social strategies, analytics, and insight tools
• Strong copywriting skills and experience
• Strong client and inter-agency relations skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Interest or existing knowledge of current and classic film/TV
• Highly collaborative and flexible; comfortable giving and receiving feedback
• Thrives in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Proactive attitude
• Solution-oriented
• Google Slides, Sheets, and Docs proficiency required
• Project management tool (Monday, AirTable) proficiency preferred

We, ENGINE, are an equal opportunity employer. We strive to promote an organizational environment that values diversity and fosters growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other basis prohibited by law.