The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It's why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It's why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it's why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it's worth paying for. Job Description Senior Search Editor
The Senior Search Editor assists the newsroom's head of editorial search by overseeing day-to-day editorial search operations and interfacing with Audience Product on tools and feature enhancements. This person will work to put into context search and audience strategies that are driving our business goals as well as serving our journalistic goals. They are a key leader who will implement and oversee systems and drive progress. Responsibilities include: Work on search and audience strategy projects alongside head of editorial search, including overseeing work on evergreen and international search targets
Help set search goals and track performance
Strategic planning with desks on tentpole events, assess performance after major news moments
Develop workflows across New York, London and future locations of SEO editors
Provide monthly reporting on our search performance across Google search results on our highest priority storylines and ongoing overall search strategy
Partner with DIG and SEO experts to scale learnings and use data to inform content and programming recommendations on a daily basis
Work on executing strategies for new and existing evergreen content including benchmarking, communicating strategic changes and regular readouts on performance.
Incorporate search-space learnings into team strategy and best practices on the editorial SEO team and broader newsroom
Manage a team of search editors, giving them stretch assignments and looking after their morale and career development
Contribute to regular audience performance reporting including daily reports to the masthead on coverage opportunities and trends
Basic Qualifications: Excellent news judgment
Data fluency and ease charting strategic shifts using analysis
Exceptional organizational and project management skills
Commitment to The New York Times mission and values
Preferred Qualifications: Experience working closely with editors and reporters and developing training materials
Four years of experience in editorial SEO in a newsroom
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $130,000.00 and $140,000.00.
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