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Produce and manage high-volume daily crime-related stories with SEO optimization and lead a small editorial team. | At least 5 years of writing and editing experience, strong SEO skills, knowledge of crime reporting, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. | Us Weekly (UsMagazine.com) is seeking a dynamic Senior Editor for its brand-new Crime vertical, which focuses on the intersection of celebrity and true crime. The Crime News Editor is responsible for producing and managing a high volume of daily stories, ensuring timely and relevant crime coverage. This role requires a strong awareness of trending topics and the ability to quickly craft engaging content that resonates with readers. Operating independently within a small, fast-paced team, the editor applies SEO best practices and analytics to optimize coverage. The position combines strong editorial judgment, leadership, and efficient content management. This position will require a remote-based home office The anticipated base pay range for this position is between $80,000 and $90,000 per year. Individual base pay may vary within that range depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, department equity and relevant education. WHAT YOU'LL BRING: • Write, assign and edit a high volume of daily stories. • Stay attuned to trending topics in crime and quickly craft content that resonates. • Manage internal and freelance writers. • Work independently and efficiently within a small, fast team. • Apply SEO best practices and analytics to inform and optimize coverage. • Bring a uniquely Us Weekly voice to the section. Qualifications: • At least five years of relevant writing and editing experience • Passionate and knowledgeable about popular culture and entertainment • Exceptional writing and editing skills. • Ability to produce a high volume of smart, ready-to-publish content. • Proficiency in SEO best practices, particularly in the crafting of headlines, meta descriptions, story structure and in the scheduling of content and content updates. • An understanding of the crime reporting ecosystem and knowledge of the sources of information • Familiarity with content management systems, photo editing tools, and web analytics. • Exceptional project management and organizational skills. • Availability to work full-time, Monday through Friday, with flexibility for live coverage of major events, including occasional work outside standard hours. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS The successful candidate should meet many, though not necessarily all, of the following requirements: • College degree or equivalent work experience • 5 years of experience writing & Editorial WHAT WE'LL BRING: As a journalist at McClatchy, you will join a supportive, flexible, collaborative team. McClatchy strives to be an employer of choice, and our benefits package is made with this goal in mind. With a focus on health, well-being, wealth, and daily life, our package options include healthcare coverage for employees and their families, financial protection from expected and unexpected expenses, multiple no-cost wellness resources, and even coverage for four-legged friends. Our overall benefits package also includes a 401(k) with employer match, competitive paid time off and corporate holidays, and a variety of mental health benefits. With an excellent support team and with a focus on your well-being as a top corporate strategy, McClatchy provides benefits to support you and your family in achieving your health and wellness goals. For more information on McClatchy's benefit plan, please visit McClatchyLivewell.com. To apply, include your resume, a persuasive cover letter detailing the stories you have broken and the entertainment journalism you are most proud of, with four to six examples of your best work [if easily accessible] when you apply. About the McClatchy Media Company The McClatchy Media Company features a portfolio of vibrant and trusted news, lifestyle, entertainment brands, and a robust retail distribution network. Our iconic local news brands, such as the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, and The Sacramento Bee, have collectively earned a total of 57 Pulitzer prizes and are complemented by popular lifestyle and entertainment brands such as Us Weekly and Woman's World. Together, our brands reach more than 100 million unique visitors a month. The McClatchy Retail Network, our distribution and logistics arm, offers delivery to more than 56,000 retail locations weekly. #LI-TH1 #LI-Remote Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Pitch and write multiple daily crime news stories, aggregate and reframe content into engaging digital stories, track story performance, and build relationships with publicists and reps for exclusive content. | 2-4 years of daily digital writing/reporting experience in entertainment, celebrity, or crime media, strong news judgment, ability to write fast-turnaround copy, familiarity with SEO and analytics tools. | This Senior Writer, Crime will be a part of the UsWeekly publication and will plan coverage around major events through a pop culture lens. Pitch and write multiple daily crime news stories (6-8 a day, plus updates), ensuring speed, accuracy, and originality. This role consistently pitches and writes multiple daily crime news stories, maintaining speed, accuracy, and originality while adhering to Us Weekly's distinctive tone. This position will aggregate and reframe news, interviews, and social media into engaging digital and photo-driven stories, galleries, and exclusive reports. By tracking real-time performance data, the Writer crafts compelling follow-ups to major news and uses analytics to inform pitches, story angles, and headlines. Responsibilities: • Aggregate and reframe crime news, interviews, and social media content into compelling digital stories within the Us Weekly tone. • Produce photo-driven stories, galleries and exclusive reports. • Craft creative, enterprising follow-ups to major breaking news and trending topics. • Track story performance and use real-time data to guide pitch development, story angles, and headlines. • Outreach to reps, court clerks or lawyers when applicable • Download and size your own photos when applicable • Conduct expert interviews and develop expert-level topical authority. • Ensure all content aligns with Us Weekly's editorial voice, tone, and standards. • Cultivate a beat and topical authority within the sports celebrity space. • Build and maintain relationships with publicists and reps to secure access for exclusive interviews and features. Qualifications: • 2-4 years of daily digital writing/reporting experience, ideally in entertainment, celebrity, or crime media. • Deep knowledge of and passion for crime and pop culture, with an instinct for what stories will resonate beyond the field or courtroom. • Proven ability to write clean, engaging, fast-turnaround copy. • Strong news judgment and ability to spot viral angles and timely stories. • Comfort working in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment. • Familiarity with SEO, social media platforms, CMS tools, and performance tracking tools (like Google Analytics, Chartbeat). • A roster of editorial contacts and sourcing skills is a plus. The anticipated annual salary for this position is between $70k and $80k. Individual base pay may vary within that range depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and relevant education. Application Process: To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and interest in this role. About McClatchy: Our impact is growing every day. 30 growing markets. Over 65 million monthly readers. 56 Pulitzer Prizes. A strong portfolio of dynamic partnerships and smart investments. Our award-winning journalism, digital reach, and commitment to innovative growth have never been stronger. As a member of the McClatchy family, you are part of a flexible, empowering, and exciting culture dedicated to creating a work/life balance and consistent opportunities for growth-a place where you have a voice and the ability to impact our future. It's an exciting time to be here. Our company is experiencing the most transformative period in its history. We're growing rapidly in the digital space and delivering award-winning journalism in innovative ways. McClatchy strives to be an employer of choice, and our benefits package is made with this goal in mind. With a focus on well-being and daily life, our package options include healthcare coverage for employees and their families, financial protection from expected and unexpected expenses, multiple no-cost wellness resources and even coverage for four-legged friends. Our overall benefits package also includes a 401(k) with employer match, competitive paid time off and corporate holidays, and a variety of mental health benefits. For more information on McClatchy's benefit plan, please visit McClatchyLivewell.com. #LI-TH1 #LI-Remote Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Lead and manage a commerce editorial team focused on fashion, beauty, and celebrity affiliate content, set editorial strategy, oversee content creation and operations, and drive commerce revenue. | 5+ years senior editorial management in commerce/affiliate content for fashion, beauty, or celebrity media, expertise in affiliate marketing and commerce analytics, strong leadership and collaboration skills. | Drive Commerce Editorial Excellence in Fashion, Beauty & Celebrity: McClatchy Media's Lifestyle & Entertainment Group is seeking an experienced Senior Commerce Editor with specific, leadership-level experience in managing affiliate and commerce content teams focused on fashion, beauty, and celebrity coverage. If you have a proven background building and leading commerce editorial operations in these trend-setting verticals, we invite you to join our growing commerce team. About the Role: As the Senior Commerce Editor for our highly influential Lifestyle & Entertainment division (including Us Weekly and A360 Media brands), you will be the strategic and operational head of all affiliate commerce content on our lifestyle and entertainment digital publications, which focus on fashion, beauty, and celebrity products. This management role leads a diverse team of editors, writers, producers, and freelancers-setting the strategy, standards, and workflow for creating shoppable content that spotlights style trends, beauty launches, and celebrity recommendations from an affiliate perspective. The anticipated base pay range for this position is between 100k and 125k annually. Individual base pay may vary within that range depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, relevant education, department equity, training, geography, and local wage and hours laws. Variable Pay is available as well. Key Responsibilities: • Lead and Manage: Oversee, grow, and inspire a dedicated commerce editorial team exclusively focused on fashion, beauty, and celebrity content; steward team development and collaborative culture. • Set Editorial Strategy: Design and execute commerce editorial direction, calendars, and best practices, ensuring fashion/beauty/celebrity content is timely, original, and revenue-driven. • Content Creation: Along with editing, also write content, contributing on average one premium article per day • Operational Oversight: Direct all aspects of daily content output, team assignments, evening/weekend publishing needs, and top-quality editing-always with commerce KPIs in mind. • Innovate & Differentiate: Create new affiliate content formats (deal roundups, single product recommendations, celebrity product guides, retail holiday commerce features) and ensure our coverage stands out in the market. • Commerce Expertise: Bring an advanced understanding of affiliate networks (Amazon, Rakuten, Impact, etc.), commerce analytics, and retail holiday coverage best practices to maximize revenue and audience engagement. • Trend Leadership: Be the authority on what's hot in fashion, beauty, and celebrity culture, constantly analyzing industry trends and translating them into winning editorial strategies. • Collaboration & Partnership: Work cross-functionally with campaign, revenue, creative, and data insights teams to ensure alignment between commerce editorial and business goals; Where applicable cultivate partnership opportunities with brands in the fashion and beauty spaces. • Team Development: Mentor and train editors and writers, implementing workflows and goals specifically tailored to commerce performance in fashion, beauty, and celebrity verticals. What We're Looking For: • Commerce Editorial Management Experience: 5+ years in a senior editorial management role focused on commerce/affiliate content within fashion, beauty, and/or celebrity media brands. Managerial affiliate content experience is required. • Proven Track Record: Demonstrated success growing affiliate revenue and building high-performing editorial teams specializing in shoppable content for style and entertainment. • Expert in Affiliate Strategy: Deep experience with affiliate marketing models, SEO and social media for commerce, and the consumer shopping journey. • Digital Proficiency: Skilled with content and commerce platforms (WordPress, affiliate tools, analytics) and up to date on leading e-commerce practices. • Trend Spotter: Instinct for what drives clicks and sales in lifestyle, beauty, and celebrity spheres, and a robust network of industry contacts and partners. • Strong Leader & Collaborator: Adept at team management, goal-setting, cross-departmental partnership, and motivating creative talent around commerce performance. Preferred: • Prior roles managing commerce editorial teams at major lifestyle, fashion, beauty, or entertainment publishers • Hands-on use of commerce analytics tools (e.g., Affilimate, Trackonomics, etc.) • Experience working with video and creative units to support multimedia commerce content • Connections with brands/agencies/PR in fashion and beauty or affiliate space This is a leadership role, reporting to the Senior Director of Commerce, based remotely. About McClatchy: Our impact is growing every day. 30 growing markets. Over 65 million monthly readers. 56 Pulitzer Prizes. A strong portfolio of dynamic partnerships and smart investments. Our award-winning journalism, digital reach, and commitment to innovative growth have never been stronger. As a member of the McClatchy family, you are part of a flexible, empowering, and exciting culture dedicated to creating a work/life balance and consistent opportunities for growth-a place where you have a voice and the ability to impact our future. It's an exciting time to be here. Our company is experiencing the most transformative period in its history. We're growing rapidly in the digital space and delivering award-winning journalism in innovative ways. McClatchy strives to be an employer of choice, and our benefits package is made with this goal in mind. With a focus on well-being and daily life, our package options include healthcare coverage for employees and their families, financial protection from expected and unexpected expenses, multiple no-cost wellness resources and even coverage for four-legged friends. Our overall benefits package also includes a 401(k) with employer match, competitive paid time off and corporate holidays, and a variety of mental health benefits. For more information on McClatchy's benefit plan, please visit McClatchyLivewell.com. #LI-TH1 #LI-Remote Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.