Culture Trip is a global hyper-growth startup operating in travel, media and entertainment.

We create stories that reveal what is unique and special about a place, its people and its culture. In-house creative teams work with a global network of more than 300 freelance creators to produce articles, videos, photography, illustration and animation.

From just a dozen people in late 2016, the team has expanded to more than 250. This diverse group of software engineers, product designers, data scientists, editorial experts and content creators are spread across offices in London, New York City and Tel Aviv.

Alumni of companies including Google, Facebook, Expedia, Lonely Planet, Spotify, Bloomberg, Viacom, TripAdvisor and the BBC have joined recently.

A recent Series B funding injection from PPF Group of $80 million has further propelled rapid growth. Monthly unique visitors to the site have gone from 4 million to nearly 20 million, cross-platform social followers have increased from 1 million to 7 million, and app downloads have leapt from 50,000 to 1.5 million.

Culture Trip videos have been viewed more than 2 billion times. Culture Trip, founded by Dr Kris Naudts, has been named by Forbes as one of the fastest-growing companies to watch.

Everyone working at Culture Trip is driven by a shared vision: to inspire people to go beyond their cultural boundaries and connect with the world around them. We want to bring the world to everyone and in doing so bring everyone closer together.

We are looking for an ambitious and experienced Editorial Manager to be based in our London office to develop and execute on a commissioning strategy for online article content in the European region.

You will manage a team of in-house commissioning editors, who oversee article output by freelance writers based in cities and countries across Europe.

Creative, communicative and collaborative, you will have a strong background in inspiring storytelling of European- based culture, create article content plans in that region, and work with other editorial staffers (across photography, video and illustration) to produce engaging content.

You should be a confident and diligent person with the demonstrated ability to create and improve structures and processes, as well as lead a team of editors.

You should always operate with scale in mind, establishing robust yet flexible processes to maximise assets and ensure systems can grow quickly and under pressure.

We offer an independent and dynamic working environment with plenty of potential to make an impact, and the opportunity to develop exciting content in cooperation with our departments: editorial, social media, commercial and tech.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the European ‘hubs’ team of in-house commissioning editors, each overseeing 10-20 remote content creators, producing 1000’s of stories each month from around the region.
• You’ll need to recruit and hire Commissioning Editors for your team, interview and assess their suitability, negotiate and execute their contracts.
• Manage the team, drive and maintain a performance culture in line with the wider business.
• Work closely with the Editorial Programme Managers to deliver content according to the needs of the editorial product. For example, produce restaurant content from every major city in your region according to specification.
• Devise plans to deliver these Editorial product goals, and manage your team to produce high-quality content at scale, against these priorities.
• Deliver Culture Trip’s wider local content offering in your region across numerous verticals: travel, food, fashion, art, design, film, books, music, real estate & architecture, sports, tech & entrepreneurship, and health & wellness.
• Collaborate with the leads of other formats and the in-house creative teams, as well as the regional teams across the other offices to ensure a consistent product from all teams.
• Participate in high-value editorial campaigns, generating ideas from your team and producing commissioned content via the hubs to carry and grow the Culture Trip brand.
• Create and own a detailed editorial planner for your region. Own the calendar and ensure all key events are covered by our content creators.
• Work with data, measure and monitor the performance of the content created, analyse results and optimise future commissions according to the insights gathered.
• Work with SEO team to identify SEO opportunities in your region, acting on these opportunities by commissioning relevant content.
• Drive editorial process, feeding back improvements and needs, driving new tools and ensuring they are implemented effectively.
• Liaise with social teams to derive social-first ideas for commissioning.
• Deliver commercial content including branded content, affiliate content and hotels content from your region.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• You should have 5-10 years of managerial and operational experience in media and/or publishing. You must be open to new ways of thinking and operating, always challenging yourself.
• Previous experience of remote workforce management is crucial.
• You should be a strong editor with an eye for compelling ideas for inspiring content across a selection of locations and interests. You’ll need to know what makes a good story and coach your team to consistently deliver against this standard.
• You should have a desire to optimise organisational processes and improve operations.
• Demonstrated experience of implementing editorial developments, and heading up major operational efforts.
• We’re after someone with a record of academic excellence and a degree of intellectual gravitas, combined with a passion for culture, travel, food, art, etc.
• Solid experience with data collection and analysis. High familiarity with Google Analytics or social media analytics or any other software is essential.
• Familiarity with WordPress is essential.
• You should have a solid understanding of SEO and be able to work closely with an SEO specialist to capitalise on search opportunities across your region.
• We’re looking for a natural leader of people, an excellent manager who can organise and manage a team of talented, creative people to perform at an exceptional level.
• You will need a self-starting attitude, and you’ll need to be organised, results-focused, consultative but decisive.
• You should be adaptable, flexible, driven, and passionate. You’ll need intelligence and smarts, but also grit and determination. We’re looking for people who have integrity and a sense of personal responsibility.

Culture Trip is committed to equality of opportunity for all. We strongly believe that diversity of backgrounds, ethnicities, experience, circumstances, abilities and perspectives leads to a better workplace for our employees and a better product for our users.

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