About the team
Helpful is a well-funded online media startup. We"re building a publishing platform to power a collection of consumer advocacy web properties with dynamic comparison features. Our editorial team is a small group of freelance writers so far, but we plan to add 2 in-house writers, a total of 4-5 freelancers, and an assigning editor this year, with plans to scale to multiple websites and 20-30 editorial team members over the course of a few years. This role will report to our VP of Content and Creative, Vilja Johnson (LinkedIn profile).
About the job
We"re in the exciting, initial phase of building our editorial content, and we"re looking for an experienced manager with strong strategic thinking and an eye for quality to oversee our editorial team. As our first managing editor, you"ll have significant influence on early decisions and play an important role in scaling the content to handle our initial site launch this year.
Here"s what you"d be working on: