Kapwing - San Francisco, CA
posted 2 months ago
Kapwing, a leading online content creation platform, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Managing Editor to oversee the Kapwing Resources library. This role is pivotal in setting the editorial direction, maintaining high standards of quality, and ensuring timely delivery of content. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in digital media, social media trends, and editorial SEO. You are a scrappy content creator whose accomplishments demonstrate that you're willing to execute and do what it takes to produce results. You should be highly entrepreneurial and excited about a high growth role, being equal parts journalist and marketing strategist with a love for in-depth storytelling and highly-original content. As an experienced manager, you will be comfortable with recruiting, managing performance, training, and evaluating vendors. You should have been in charge of a publication with more than 1 Million readers per month, ideally having grown that publication from 0 to 1. A passion for social media platforms and empowering video creators is essential. In this role, you will lead, write for, and manage the Kapwing Resources library, planning and approving assignments for writers and editors while ensuring deadlines are met. You will hire, coach, and supervise writers and editors, collaborating with Kapwing's CEO to determine content and topics for the library based on an understanding of Kapwing's customer and SEO. You will oversee proofreading procedures and edit copy when necessary to maintain high-quality standards, establish standards for guest writers, and analyze performance metrics to quantify results and optimize content for traffic, engagement, and growth. Additionally, you will implement best practices, workflows, tools, and templates to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the publishing process, and manage our YouTube channel, overseeing the quality of the work produced on Kapwing's YouTube channel.