Dotdash Meredith

Senior Editor, Content & Programming, MyRecipes

Dotdash Meredith$80K — $98K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in journalism or communications, or equivalent experience.
  • 5-8+ years in digital editorial, content strategy, or food media.
  • Proven experience in curating digital content for audiences.
  • Experience managing editorial calendars and cross-channel operations.
  • Strong culinary knowledge and comfort with recipe content.
  • Ability to collaborate with editorial, marketing, and product teams.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute MyRecipes' content strategy for organic growth.
  • Write and edit content for various channels and paid subscriber offerings.
  • Use data insights to create a compelling content lineup that drives engagement.
  • Own the Featured Collections process from planning to curation.
  • Manage the content calendar while collaborating with social and lifecycle teams.
  • Develop engaging educational guides and storytelling content.
  • Partner with Growth on messaging and support for paid content and campaigns.

Benefits

  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401K savings plan with company match
  • Generous paid parental leave for all parents
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Various voluntary benefits including pet insurance.
Full Job Description

Job Title

Senior Editor, Content & Programming, MyRecipes

Job Description

The Senior Editor, Content & Programming is responsible for executing MyRecipes’ content strategy through the curation and programming of recipe collections and editorial content that drive engagement, saves, and repeat usage.

This role serves as the operational lead for content—owning the content calendar, developing user-facing experiences, and ensuring alignment across social, lifecycle, and cross-brand distribution. The focus is on turning MyRecipes into a habit-forming product by delivering useful, relevant, and well-packaged content to users.

Hybrid 3x a week- (New York) 

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

About The Positions Contributions:

Weight %:  Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results

  • 30%:  Plan and execute MyRecipes’ content strategy across owned and managed channels in support of the broader organic growth strategy.  Write and assign/edit content for organic channels and paid subscriber offerings.  

  • 30%:  Use data and audience insights to develop a content lineup that drives saves, engagement, and repeat visits.  Own Featured Collections end-to-end, from planning through curation—leveraging recipes from across People Inc brands to create cohesive, user-focused experiences.  Manage the content calendar and partner with Social and Lifecycle teams to ensure alignment with channel needs and clear promotional support for both acquisition and engagement.  Develop educational guides and storytelling content that deepen engagement and support user needs.  

  • 20%:  Collaborate closely with the Social Director to ideate and develop content extensions from creator partnerships.  Support cross-channel execution by contributing to social posting and writing/editing lifecycle email content as needed.  Collaborate with editorial teams across People Inc brands to source content, tap into brand talent and experts, and drive cross-brand opportunities

  • 20%:  Partner with Growth (paid) to align on messaging and support copy needs across channels.  Execute content for paid subscriber offerings and sponsored campaigns.  Apply performance insights to continuously refine content strategy and improve results.  Support a collaborative, creative, and performance-driven culture.

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in journalism or communications, or equivalent training and/or experience.

Experience:

  • 5-8+ years of experience in digital editorial, content strategy, or food media

  • Proven experience curating and packaging content for digital audiences

  • Experience managing editorial calendars and working across multiple channels

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications and Abilities:

  • Strong culinary knowledge and comfort working with recipe content

  • Ability to collaborate effectively across editorial, marketing, and product teams

  • Strong writing and editing skills

  • Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment

% Travel Required (Approximate):  5%

Pay Range

Salary: New York: $80,000.00 - $98,000.00

The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Inc's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives.In addition, People Inc. provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with People Inc. and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.

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