Complex Networks is a global youth entertainment network spanning major pop culture categories including streetwear and style, food, music, sneakers and sports. Complex Networks is diversified around three pillars: advertising, e-commerce, and content where it creates and distributes original programming for Gen-Z and Millennial audiences through premium distributors such as Netflix, Hulu, Turner, Corus, Facebook, Snap, YouTube, Roku and more. Additionally, Complex Networks generates revenue through a number of core business lines, including branded content and advertising, licensing, events, e-commerce, and agency consulting services.
Business Area: Content
Job Category: Complex Editorial Content
Salary: $20 – $25/hour
Union Status: Non-Union
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The Role
Complex is looking for a freelance News Editor to work with our News team in covering a variety of breaking news stories for Complex.com that align with the brand and audience. Reporting directly to the News Director, the freelance News Editor will assign and edit a team of news freelancers to consistently execute news coverage at an exceptional level. The ideal candidate will use their journalistic experience and knowledge of the Complex audience to source and select content to promote, with an emphasis on quality, accuracy, and context.
You Will
- Work closely with News Director to increase quality, efficiency, and performance of news coverage on complex.com
- Assist in managing/editing a team of 10+ news freelancers
- Monitor news and alert appropriate staff when big news breaks
- Edit written content for factual, grammatical, and structural accuracy
- Ensure stories you’re editing have the best elements to provide context to a reader as a story is developing
- Collaborate with social team to maximize the reach of news coverage
- Write news stories when necessary
- Communicate with representatives across various industries to advance news coverage
You Have
- 5+ years of editorial experience
- 3+ years working in a newsroom environment with demonstrated experience assigning, writing, and editing news stories
- Understand Complex’s blend of internet, music, pop culture, and entertainment.
- Exemplary written and communication skills
- Trustworthy news judgment and understanding of the right angles for the right stories
- Strong understanding of SEO best practices and experience working in a CMS
- Ability to edit efficiently while under daily deadline pressure
- Self-starter who can deliver with little to no supervision
- Able to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends
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About BuzzFeed, Inc.
BuzzFeed, Inc. is the world’s leading tech-powered, diversified media company that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally through its cross-platform news and entertainment network. The company produces articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; lifestyle content through brands including Tasty, the world’s largest social food network; original reporting and investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and HuffPost; an industry-leading affiliate business, strategic partnerships, licensing and product development through BuzzFeed Commerce; and original productions across broadcast, cable, SVOD, film and digital platforms for BuzzFeed Studios.
Life at BuzzFeed, Inc.
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You can expect:
- A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, and more
- An attractive and equitable compensation package, including salary and stock options.
- A generous benefits program featuring paid time off, unlimited sick time, comprehensive medical benefits, a family leave policy, access to mental health platforms, retirement plans, gym and wellness discounts, and much more.
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