Senior Editor, Audience Development, CNN Features

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.$91K — $169K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7+ years in digital journalism or audience development
  • Proven ability to enhance audience engagement through strategic insights
  • Strong data analysis skills to create actionable editorial recommendations
  • Ability to write compelling social media content and train others
  • Collaborative mindset catering to CNN's journalistic values
  • Expertise in social media dynamics and misinformation trends
  • Excellent communication skills for storytelling and presenting insights
  • Comprehensive understanding of the competitive media landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver actionable insights daily/weekly/monthly to inform editorial decisions
  • Suggest audience-driven stories and formats based on demand
  • Shape content presentation across multiple platforms
  • Collaborate with product and platform teams for strategic enhancements
  • Drive audience engagement by aligning content plans with goals
  • Coordinate distribution strategies across various teams
  • Lead audience analysis and coach newsroom staff on best practices.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage
  • Employee wellness program
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation days.
Full Job Description
Your New Role... The Senior Audience Editor is the embedded, desk-specific partner to Audience Strategy & Insights-translating audience signals into clear editorial choices that grow reach, deepen engagement, and strengthen habit, including among subscribers. You will supply the desk with essential performance learnings; shape framing, formats, and distribution to meet audience demand; run experiments; and coordinate execution across Search, Social, Home, Notifications, and Newsletters. Senior-level scope includes assigning, writing, and editing analysis; leading insights for strategic priorities; developing scalable workflows; and coaching others. You will work closely within the AIS operating model and in partnership with DART (Data, Analytics, Research & Testing) to turn insights into action and to build repeatable practices the desk can rely on. Your Role Accountabilities... Performance Insights & Editorial Guidance 3 Deliver concise, actionable daily/weekly/monthly insights that guide coverage decisions and follow-ups, including clear "do more / do less / try next" recommendations. 3 Suggest stories, angles, and formats aligned to search intent, evergreen opportunities, and time-sensitive audience demand. 3 Shape story framing and presentation across on-platform surfaces (site/app, home, article packaging, recirculation) and off-platform channels (search, social, alerts, newsletters). Cross-Platform Strategy & Collaboration 3 Partner with Product and platform teams (Search, Social, Home, Notifications, Newsletters) to identify opportunities in modules, templates, topic hubs, and alerting. 3 Drive reach, engagement, and habit by aligning desk plans to audience goals and capturing learnings in structured retros and playbooks. 3 Coordinate distribution strategy across Off-Platform, Social, Community, Programming, and Newsletter teams. Senior-Level Leadership 3 Assign, write, and edit audience analysis across platforms; act as the insights lead for strategic desk priorities. 3 Build scalable workflows for insight generation and measure the impact of audience-driven initiatives. 3 Pitch and run experiments (format, packaging, timing) and translate results into actionable guidance. 3 Coach and train newsroom staff on audience tools, search and social best practices, and packaging strategies. 3 Collaborate across editorial, product, analytics, design, and research to embed audience-first thinking across the desk. Channel Expertise & Desk Support 3 Optimize for discoverability: research intent, track seasonality, steward evergreen content, and partner with Search on technical and practical best practices. 3 Coordinate with Social, Community, Home, Notifications, and Newsletters to maximize reach and engagement. 3 Contribute to daily/weekly/monthly desk and section updates, synthesizing insights into clear, actionable takeaways. 3 Uphold CNN's journalistic mission by using data to inform editorial decisions. Qualifications & Experience... 3 5-7+ years in digital journalism, audience development, content strategy, or insights roles. 3 Proven ability to identify coverage, framing, and format opportunities that attract new readers and deepen engagement. 3 Strong ability to synthesize complex data into prescriptive editorial recommendations; experience partnering closely with analytics teams. 3 Ability to write platform-native social copy and coach others on best practices. 3 Strong cross-newsroom collaborator committed to CNN's journalistic independence and mission. 3 Fluent in search trends, intent shifts, and misinformation dynamics. 3 Deep expertise across mainstream and emerging social platforms. 3 Strong communication and storytelling skills for reports and presentations; comfortable with testing, iteration, and directional reads. 3 Skilled at bridging editorial, product, analytics, design, and research to move work forward. 3 Strong understanding of the competitive landscape and broader attention patterns. How We Get Things Done... This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview. In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $91,000.00 - $169,000.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

About Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the newly-formed Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. WBIE was founded on January 14, 2004 under Warner Bros. and transferred to the Home Entertainment division when that company was formed in October 2005. WBIE manages the wholly owned game development studios TT Games, Rocksteady Studios, NetherRealm Studios, Monolith Productions, WB Games Boston, Avalanche Software, and WB Games Montréal, among others.
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