Associate Editor, PEOPLE, SEO/Evergreen

Dotdash Meredith•New York, NY

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

PEOPLE is seeking an Associate Editor to join our digital Evergreen team. This position will involve assigning and editing search-driven content for PEOPLE across our various verticals, from entertainment, royals and lifestyle content to crime, human interest and political stories. This person must be an impeccable editor as well as a digitally-savvy pop culture and celebrity expert, with knowledge of SEO best practices and basic analytics. As part of a fast-paced newsroom, this editor should be comfortable handling 3–5 edits per day while staying closely attuned to breaking news and emerging trends, and delivering clean, accurate work on tight timelines. We’re looking for a self-sufficient editor who is comfortable managing freelance writers, as well as using SEO tools to find and brainstorm new content. This position will also involve working on various projects across different departments and communicating with stakeholders. This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week. About the Team The Associate Editor will join an experienced, nimble SEO team focused on identifying daily trending opportunities across the entertainment and celebrity news cycle. This team is responsible for shaping daily coverage, optimizing content for search, and scaling timely, search-driven storytelling across all of PEOPLE’s verticals. The team operates at the intersection of editorial instinct and performance, balancing speed with precision and using data to inform coverage decisions in real time. It collaborates closely with the broader PEOPLE news team, playing a key role in driving traffic growth while maintaining the brand’s voice and authority in entertainment and celebrity news.

Requirements

BA or BS and/or equivalent experience
2-3 years experience with an entertainment/celebrity news publication or in a related lifestyle space
Strong writing and editing skills, impeccable journalistic standards, and attention to detail.
Ability to respond quickly to breaking news and understand how to find an SEO or evergreen angle from a news event.
Demonstrated understanding of SEO and analytics.
Demonstrated knowledge of entertainment and pop culture.
Detail-oriented and organized, yet loves a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities

Edit and publish new content, closely adhering to PEOPLE’s style guide and ensuring all copy is clean and accurate as well as optimized for SEO
Ideate, pitch and assign new content to writers (in-house and freelance)
Writing new content