Editorial Specialist - Tudum (Live, Sports)

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Role

Netflix Publishing is expanding its Live, Unscripted, & Sports coverage and looking for a sharp, self-directed Editorial Specialist to help define how we tell stories around our most buzzy real-time events, sports titles, and reality shows — from Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and the NFL Christmas Day games to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and beyond. You’ll combine journalistic rigor with brand marketing savvy to craft content that fuels fandom for our titles and live events, and sustains it with evergreen, search-optimized storytelling.
 

While 80-90 percent of your focus will be on Live and Sports, you’ll also jump in on high-profile Unscripted series (think Love Is Blind and Temptation Island) when campaign calendars overlap. In every case you’ll create content around the editorial point of view, working fluidly with Social, PR, Marketing, and Product teams to ensure our coverage ladders into larger Netflix campaign goals.
 

Based in Los Angeles, this position requires three days a week of work in the office.

Responsibilities
Title Research: Comprehensively review Netflix internal materials — scripts, production schedules — to gain context and background that will inform your interviews and reporting.
Idea Generation: Actively participate in title brainstorm sessions by pitching innovative, creative and industry-leading ideas. 
Strong Talent Relations: You thoroughly prep for interviews and can make anyone feel at ease by steering thoughtful, fun and comfortable conversations that generate the type of killer anecdotes that elevate our coverage.
Content Creation: Compile and edit interviews and  write stories with the aim of creating conversation by engaging and informing readers. You’ll also repackage and rewrite articles, as needed, depending on the intended audience (awards voters vs fans, for example). Contribute to content plans and work with the curation team on finding assets for news beats. Work closely with the Editorial Manager and cross-functional partners across marketing, comms and social to ensure editorial coverage supports broader campaign goals. 
Getting to Know Fans: Fans are obsessed with our titles and you’re obsessed with them. You balance fan instincts with editorial rigor, using consumer insights and cultural trends to inform content that’s both resonant and smart.  
Monitor Content Performance: After publication of your articles, work with SEO and Growth and Insights teams to optimize content, be it tweaking SEO copy or adding subheads to articles to capitalize on fan interest. 
 

QUALIFICATIONS
What we need from you:

• 8+ years of editorial experience or comparable writing/editing and strategy work, specializing in entertainment and pop culture.

• Extensive background covering live entertainment and sporting events (ie: the Oscars or the Super Bowl) 

• A strong writer first and foremost, ideally with editing experience.

• A seasoned interviewer who feels comfortable leading a conversation, and maintains a high level of emotional intelligence while doing so.

• Creative self-starter who is detail-oriented and thinks beyond the obvious to tell engaging stories that capture fans’ attention.

• Can navigate multiple deadlines and work quickly.

• Own and deliver on multiple high-impact editorial assignments simultaneously, ensuring alignment with broader campaign timelines and campaign strategy.

• Demonstrate ability to receive and incorporate feedback, operate with self-direction, and thrive in a high-accountability environment. 

• A voracious reader and listener who can tackle absorbing scripts, transcripts, audio files — and can retain pertinent details and context over the full life cycle of a campaign.

• Highly organized, with experience in various programs and tools (CMS, Google Suite, etc).

• Can communicate clearly and concisely with many cross-functional partners in many different disciplines.

• Solid judgment to ensure stories align with the Publishing team’s editorial mission.

• Comfortable working across short and mid-form content across a variety of deadlines.

• Understanding of SEO optimization.

• Collaborative and curious partner to the editorial and cross-functional team.

• Familiarity with Google search insights to inform coverage.

• Flexible, open and forthright communicator who is comfortable receiving and providing real-time feedback.

• Passionate about entertainment and pop culture.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000-$140,000.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
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