Digital News Editor - Successful Farming

People Inc • Des Moines, IA

12d

About The Position

This role administers many of the daily tasks of Agriculture.com, including updating the homepage, sending the newsletter, editing short videos, and posting to social media. This role is responsible for writing original articles on breaking news and new farm equipment for Agriculture.com . In addition, this individual will be responsible for posting freelance and partner articles to the website.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, ag communications, or similar fields.
• Writing background is required.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to follow directions with minimal supervision
• Ability to react quickly
• Agriculture interest or background
• Self starter

Nice To Haves

• Experience with social media and using a content management system is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Covering news for Agriculture.com , including writing articles, coordinating with the news and editorial team, and reporting on new equipment launches.
• Executing on news distribution, including updating the homepage, posting to social media, producing social media videos, and sending the daily newsletter.
• Coordinating posting freelance and partner articles to Agriculture.com . This includes editing articles to align with Successful Farming’s style and tone, and following best practices to optimize for Google Discover. This may include adding multimedia to these articles, including interactive graphs and charts and additional images.
• Travel to cover industry news events, including new product launches.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level