Job Description

New York Things To Do Editor

Location: New York - Hybrid 2 days in-office, 3 days remote

Salary: $70,000 - $80,000

Department: Content

Reporting to: Editor, Los Angeles & Western USA

Are you the go-to person for finding out what’s new or must-do in New York right now? We are seeking an excellent editor, writer and curator immersed in New York’s local culture who has strong experience in a digital media environment. The ideal candidate has a deep familiarity with New York’s events scene and local landmarks and is bursting with ideas on developing new stories and growing our audience.

The New York Things To Do Editor will primarily focus on what’s exciting and new or tried and true in the city, as well as produce service-focused digital listicles and larger attractions-related features. The New York Things To Do Editor will curate the best of the region for our audience across all platforms—including digital, social, email and live events at both Time Out Market New York locations. This is a multifaceted position focusing on writing and social media planning, tasked with the overall responsibility of engaging our audience across multiple verticals and channels, with an emphasis on digital storytelling.

At Time Out, we broadly define a “thing to do” as anything that gets New Yorkers out and about and exploring their city; this can also often include art, music, film, and comedy events, though usually not theater or restaurants and bars, which are both covered by separate roles on staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Write and curate Things To Do features for Time Out New York

• Work alongside the Time Out New York Food and Drink Editor to coordinate coverage of the city across verticals

• Write stories about major New York announcements, culture-related news, best-of lists and upcoming events

• Work with Time Out’s social and video team to shoot, coordinate and host videos and grow our reach and engagement across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube

• Publish relevant and comprehensive content across the site that can be shared on Time Out’s national U.S. social channels

• Work alongside the Time Out Market team to create content and activations around events, programming and all other facets of the Market online and via social media

• Maintain multiple events calendars across all verticals of Time Out New York, updating on a daily/weekly/monthly basis as needed

• Ensure Time Out New York’s core guides are updated in a timely manner

• Have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening in New York; use your professional contacts and social-media networks to be the first to identify the next big thing.

• Build and optimize a dedicated weekly newsletter for Time Out New York, highlighting the most enticing, relevant and timely content for our readers

• When requested, serve as a spokesperson/quotable expert on things to do in NYC

• Embrace Time Out’s digital-first, mobile-first philosophy—a strong background in digital production is absolutely essential to this role

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Advanced English proficiency

• Five to six years of professional experience in the media industry, with a specific focus on digital content and production

• Excellent grasp and understanding of SEO best practices

• Ability to work with various tools of the trade, including content management systems and basic photo and video skills

• Experience with analytical tools, including Google Analytics, Looker and Marfeel

• On camera experience preferred

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.

About Time Out Group plc

Time Out Group is a leading global media and hospitality business that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city.

It all began in London in 1968 when Time Out helped people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the capital. Since then, this iconic brand has consistently maintained its status as the go-to source of inspiration for both locals and visitors alike. Today, it is the only global brand – with a local voice – dedicated to city life.

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market – which are highly synergistic – the Company helps its large audience go out in the world's greatest cities with its curated content and experiences, and connects global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

Time Out Media’s multiple digital and physical channels span websites, mobile, social media, videos, newsletters and Live Events. Across these channels, Time Out distributes its high-quality content – created and curated by a global team of local experts – around the best food, drinks, culture, art, music, theatre, travel and entertainment in over 350 cities and over 50 countries. The Company is monetising this global reach and its strong traffic from a desirable audience by offering bespoke 360-degree multichannel advertising solutions to international, national and local brands and businesses. Since its launch in 1968, Time Out has become a global brand that advertisers and consumers love and trust.

Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, leveraging the Time Out brand to bring the best of the city together under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences – based on the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in Lisbon, quickly becoming one of the city's most popular destinations. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion and there are currently 13 open Markets: in addition to Lisbon, there are sites in New York (in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood and in Manhattan's Union Square), Boston, Montreal, Dubai, Cape Town, Porto, Barcelona, Bahrain, Osaka, Budapest and Vancouver More Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline as the global expansion continues.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.