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We're seeking a Managing Editor who's passionate about exceptional writing and views AI as a tool to enhance the creative process. At GrowthX, you'll collaborate with clients like Reddit and Ramp, leveraging AI to elevate content creation without sacrificing quality.
(This is a fully remote role. The only requirement is 4 hours of overlap with the West Coast.)
Quick Intro
At GrowthX, we help companies reimagine their go-to-market (GTM) strategies by combining AI with expert insights. Since May, we've been operating in semi-stealth mode, achieving rapid growth by delivering exceptional value to our customers.
We believe in the transformative power of Generative AI to boost productivity and creativity for knowledge workers. By automating routine tasks, we empower people to focus on what truly matters, leading to greater job satisfaction and innovation.
The Role: Managing Editor
We're looking for a Managing Editor with strong management and editorial experience to own and oversee client content programs from end to end. In this role, you’ll act as an extension of our clients’ teams—diving deep into their industries, challenges, and goals to create and lead content strategies that drive real business results.
Who You'll Work With
As the Managing Editor, you'll have a range of resources at your disposal to support your work. You'll collaborate closely with a Research Specialist, who will help you with in-depth research on customer needs. You'll also work alongside our GTM Strategist to help you create the content roadmap aligned with broader marketing and go-to-market strategies of our clients. Additionally, you'll manage and leverage Freelancers who bring expertise in areas like SEO, industry knowledge, and technical writing. Finally, our Automation Team will be there to help scale content operations with the power of AI and automation tools.
Day-to-Day expectations
Here's how you can expect to spend your time each week:
- 20% – Meeting with clients: Regularly communicate with clients to understand their goals, challenges, and evolving needs.
- 20% - Strategy and content planning: Develop and refine content strategies, ensuring alignment with client objectives and audience interests.
- 40% – Content creation and editing using our AI workflows: Use AI tools to create and edit content, and work hands-on when necessary to ensure quality.
- 10% – Project management of customer accounts: Coordinate and request help from our internal teams, track deliverables, and manage freelance writers an designers to keep content programs running smoothly.
- 10% – Team Leadership Process Improvement: Identify roadblocks, provide feedback to collaborators (freelancers, internal teams), and lead initiatives to improve workflows, quality standards, and team collaboration across accounts.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities Skills Needed
- Content Strategy Creation: Develop and adapt content strategies aligned with client goals through thorough research and market analysis. Openness to leverage AI tools for content creation is key.
- Management skills: Manage a team of high performing individuals and oversee editorial processes with hands-on writing and editing to ensure quality and consistency.
- Client Partnership Interaction: Build a deep understanding of each client's business, industry, and audience to create effective content solutions. Communicate regularly with clients to gather feedback, understand new requirements, and present content strategies.
- Program Project Management: Coordinate content programs, manage multiple projects, maintain schedules, and track deliverables to ensure on-time, high-quality content delivery.
- Team Collaboration: collaborate with internal teams—including Research Specialists, GTM Strategists, Freelancers, and the Automation Team—to meet client needs. Manage freelance writers.
- Quality Assurance: Review all content before client delivery to maintain high standards and alignment with client guidelines.
- SEO Optimization: Optimize content using a strong understanding of technical SEO, semantic search, on-page, and off-page SEO to drive organic growth and validate SEO efforts with measurable results. Proficiency in SEO tools such as STAT, Ahrefs, and SEMrush.
- Data-Driven: Utilize data-driven experimentation and analysis to inform content strategies, drawing insights from both quantitative and qualitative data. Familiarity with analytics platforms like Google Analytics.
Nice to Haves
- AI-Powered Content Tools: Experience with AI tools is a plus; willingness to learn is essential (training provided).
- Prompt Engineering: Experience with prompt engineering.
- Design Tools: Experience with design tools like Figma, Photoshop, and/or Midjourney.
- Management: Managing a globally distributed remote team.
Benefits
- Salary: 40k to 80k USD annual (depends on experience and other factors)
- Remote Work: Work from anywhere, with at least 4 hours overlap with US Pacific Time.
- Paid Vacation: We encourage taking at least 20 days off each year.
- Professional Growth: Access to training and coaching to develop your skills.
- Innovative Environment: Work with advanced AI and contribute to digital growth strategies.
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How to Apply
If you're excited about leading content strategies and collaborating closely with clients, we'd love to hear from you.
Proceed to the Application "tab" and answer the questions there…
For the Assignment question please follow this instructions:
Assignment: Improve the first paragraph of this blog post
Below is the opening paragraph of a blog post about praising teams for good work. Your task is to improve and rewrite this paragraph. Feel free to change it however you see fit.
Client: https://joinhomebase.com/
Post title: How to Praise a Team for Good Work
Intro paragraph:
“Employee recognition is an important aspect of workplace management. Praising team members for their good work can lead to increased job satisfaction and improved productivity. There are various methods that managers can employ to show appreciation for their employees' efforts. This article will discuss several ways to effectively recognize and praise team members for their contributions in the workplace. By implementing these strategies, managers can create a more positive work environment and foster better relationships with their staff”
Please provide your improved version of this paragraph in the application form, along with a brief explanation of the changes you made and why you believe they enhance the overall quality and appeal of the intro,
