Summary of Role

Ranker is seeking a stellar Editorial Operations Manager where you will take ownership of the operational aspects of our Publishing Operations team. We have already built sophisticated products that have gained significant market traction; we are looking for you to immediately add layer(s) of value to take us to the next level. 

The Editorial Operations Manager will be hands-on across the following key areas: leading operations & people facilitations, being hands-on & having an holistic understanding of traffic sources, and defining “search intent optimization” with their eyes closed in one sentence.

The perfect candidate will be energized by the opportunity to pioneer solutions and evolve our existing, repeatable offerings. You will support the evolution and evangelizing of Ranker (and Watchworthy) content offerings. 

As the Editorial Operations Manager, you will report to the Chief Operating Officer. And, if you have the desire to lead people, you’ll have that opportunity in this role.

What You'll Do

• Manage our PubOps team with a natural gift in growing, mentoring, coaching people which almost always aids in performance and the attainment of delivering above and beyond. Carry over your outside experience to show us what we don’t know.

• Analyze Content Programming to ensure that we’re making the best content for our various audiences

• Use your “content & intent brain” to analyze and iterate on KPIs spanning across content made for both search intent and social audiences 

• Know and always think of creative ways on how to keep someone visiting on site longer, while understanding the differences in intent/page type, social vs search, etc

• Rally. Rally. Rally and serve your team by keeping an eye on the bigger picture of people, team dynamics, performance through your coaching and mentoring skills

• General editorial ops tasks such as onboarding of new team members, documentation and recruiting (vetting candidates and coordination)

What You’ll Bring

• Shown track-record of at least 10+ years of editorial operations experience

• Strong understanding of mobile and web technologies and industries (preferably in the web publisher or internet space)

• Demonstrated and focused desire to lead and build up people through coaching and mentoring

• Baseline level of knowledge of publishing operations and inner workings

• Strategic thinking combined with excellent time management and organizational skill towards planned, deadline driven execution

• Seasoned solutions orientated thinking and problem-solving skills

• Self-motivation and the capacity to work under pressure and tight deadlines.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually-demanding and data-driven environment

• Ability to manage time and schedules to meet aggressive deadlines and influence through persuasive written and verbal communication

• Ability to set and manage expectations at the executive level and manage up

• Excellent leadership skills with experience collaborating with cross-functional teams

• Experience with Jira, or other issue-tracking software

• Experience with Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, or other analytics software

• A general knowledge or interest of pop culture (and super deep nerdiness is never frowned upon here!) 

• Experience around content, understanding of the realities of 21st century web traffic with a head for using data

• An understanding of how consumers navigate content and how to tie it together in a scalable way (product/editorial intersection)

What You’ll Receive

• Fully-paid medical, plus heavily subsidized voluntary dental and vision plans.

• Paid holidays, plus additional days of paid time off per year.

• Very casual workplace (t-shirts and shorts are totally fine) with a fully stocked kitchen including free healthy snacks, Perrier, LaCroix, Mexican Coca-Cola etc. 

Ranker is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Ranker's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.

About Ranker 

Ranker, attracting more than 30 million monthly unique visitors worldwide, is the leader in fan-powered rankings on just about everything. Whatever the topic - TV, movies, video games, sports, brands, food, lifestyle - Ranker puts the vote into the hands of millions rather than a few critics to answer the questions we are most passionate about. Over 1 billion votes now power Ranker Insights, a treasure trove of psychographic correlation data that delivers personalized consumer recommendations (“if you like X, you’ll also like Y, Z”), and also audience insights to marketers, studios, and platforms seeking a deeper understanding of consumer tastes and preferences. Launched in 2020 and powered by Ranker Insights, Watchworthy is the only statistically relevant, crowd-sourced TV recommendation app available to consumers. Ranker is listed on 2020’s Inc 5000 and Inc. 5000: California Series, Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 and Built In LA’s Top 50 Mid-Sized Companies To Work For in 2020 & 2021, and #5 on Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021. Headquartered in Los Angeles with over 115 employees, Ranker also has an offices in NYC and Chicago.