**Salary range: $80,000 - $90,000***

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Company Overview

Interactive One (www.interactiveone.com) is powered by the mission to create an online community that provides rich content and digital products that engage, entertain, and inspire the lives of African Americans.

Since its launch in 2008 by Urban One, iONE Digital’s news, entertainment, video, and lifestyle content has driven its growth. From roots in radio, compelling storytelling, and endeavors in frontier technology, the iONE Digital portfolio includes some of the most recognizable brands in the digital landscape. The iONE Digital portfolio focuses on key passion points and interests, including men’s and women’s lifestyle, sports, beauty, fashion, and entertainment - comprised of Cassius, HelloBeautiful, MadameNoire, Bossip, NewsOne, GlobalGrind, HipHopWired, BlackAmericaWeb and Elev8. Each iONE brand is an authoritative voice in its own right. In addition to publishing brands, iONE Digital is home to the original social network for urban millennials, BlackPlanet, and three YouTube brands – The Fumble, Hollyscoop, and Nerdwire.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage daily editorial content planning, editing, and publishing stories with excellent quality and timeliness
• Developing and curating signature content, including features, exclusives, video concepts and relevant content
• Manage the entire editorial team
• Coordinate and collaborate with the Social Media team to populate social accounts, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., with content.
• Coordinate and collaborate with local radio team brands to mutually amplify each other’s content and launch original content as well.
• Edit writers of varying skill levels.
• Recruit writers/editors with strong voices and a social media presence to strengthen the voice of HipHopWired.com
• Create content partnerships and foster relationships on behalf of the brand.
• Strategize with the content director to continually build and maintain a content calendar.
• Editing and writing high-quality content daily.
• Works collaboratively with the HHW editorial team and (other iOne editorial teams, as needed) to support the efforts of video, sales, and marketing plans
• Complies with Network and Urban One’s mandatory trainings and adheres to related course deadlines.

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS:

• Must be an avid consumer of news, current events, politics, entertainment, and culture topics, with particular attention to content related to African American male and Millennial audiences
• Ability to work a full-time schedule and abide by the nature of a 24-hour news cycle
• WordPress CMS publishing
• Multimedia production experience (including photo, audio & video)
• Expert in social sharing skills & success methods
• A deep affinity for the African American audience
• Knowledge of reporting and editing standards and practices

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS in journalism, English, communications, or equivalent experience preferred
• Expert in social media sharing skills & success methods
• Knowledge of reporting and editing standards and practices, as well as AP style manual
• 5-7 years experience in online content publishing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and direct a team to include but not limited to:
• Provide regular constructive feedback
• Resolve issues/conflicts with diplomacy in a timely manner
• Provide ongoing guidance and support for growth and development
• Deploy effective coaching skills
• Practical understanding of anti-harassment and discrimination laws
• Ability to effectively administer performance reviews and corrective action plans as appropriate
• Ensure team (s) attend mandatory department and/or mandatory company training (s) as required.

**Salary range: $80,000 - $90,000***