What are the responsibilities and job description for the Content Production Manager position at Recurrent Ventures?
The Opportunity:
Recurrent is looking for an experienced, detailed-oriented Content Production Manager to join our team and produce strong content for our properties such as Popular Science, Popular Photo, Field & Stream, and Outdoor Life. In this role, you will manage a web production team tasked with constructing new web articles from copy prepared by our writers and editors.
Recurrent is a virtual-first team with satellite offices in Miami, New York City, and San Francisco. Remote applicants are welcome.
The Responsibilities:
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the web production team: manage content production workflow and assignments; hire/manage content formatters (based in the US and abroad); and help develop training/onboarding materials for new formatters.
- Ensure efficient intake, quality production deliverables, define SLAs, and identify improvement opportunities.
- Work with relevant team members, including editorial and product, to understand production requirements and to catch render issues when they appear on the live page.
- Identify bottlenecks/opportunities and work with web product and project managers to propose features or process changes.
- Adhere to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices and web accessibility guidelines.
- Help develop a robust QA process and ensure that it is adhered to on an ongoing basis.
- Maintain good relationships with a variety of stakeholders inside and out of the web team.
The Qualifications:
- Minimum two to three years of recent experience in content management/web production.
- At least two years of experience managing a small team with the ability to lead our formatting teams on day one.
- Deep understanding of Wordpress preferred. Familiarity with Airtable is a plus.
- Knowledge on web UX best practices and photo optimization is desirable.
- Strong understanding of SEO best practices and web accessibility requirements.
- Attention to detail when producing content is paramount.
The Benefits & Perks:
- Medical, dental, vision & life insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote - work from anywhere!
- Offices in Miami, San Francisco, New York, San Diego
- Parental leave
- Matching 401k
- Equity package
Hiring & Equal Opportunity Statement
Recurrent Ventures provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, religion, age, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic or affiliation protected by federal, state or local laws. With a number of our media brands reporting on the military, veterans’ affairs, and topics facing the active military community, we are very supportive of veterans’ activities and highly encourage this community to apply.