Managing Editor, Visuals and Immersive Experiences
Company: Education Week
Location: Bethesda
Posted on: May 17, 2023
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Job Description:
About the CompanyEducation Week, flagship brand of Editorial
Projects in Education (EPE), has a 42-year history of serving the
nation with independent and highly respected journalism, research,
data, and community. As the pre-eminent resource in the pre-K-12
field, -Education Week -engages readers with important education
news, meaningful analysis, outside opinion, and distinctive
explanatory and investigative journalism across a range of digital
and print platforms as well as through live and virtual
events.Education Week -has been described as a strategic national
asset and has provided particularly critical service throughout the
Covid-19 pandemic. Its reach is unique in its breadth and depth,
serving policymakers and practitioners both within the pre-K-12
system and across the range of government agencies, legislative
bodies, state executives, and public and private institutions that
effectively set the agenda for American elementary and secondary
education. -The organization successfully relaunched its core
platform, edweek.org, in December 2020 with an audience-centric
design and a new CMS, along with other new technologies. Work is
underway to relaunch a major digital product,
marketbrief.edweek.org.EPE is an entrepreneurial non-profit media
organization with a double bottom-line focus. It combines a mission
orientation with a strong desire to continuously improve its
products, increase its impact, and ensure its own sustainability,
all with the goal of improving U.S. pre-K-12 education. About 75
percent of EPE's revenue comes from subscribers and advertisers,
and more than 80% of this is generated from digital products and
services. Remaining support comes from a committed group of
philanthropic funders.EPE is committed to the idea that investing
in excellent journalism will generate reader revenue, and that
putting readers first aligns the organization's business goals with
EPE's journalistic mission. Edweek.org serves 1.8 million
registered users who generate close to -4 million page views each
month and its work is regularly highlighted through robust social
media channels and a variety of partnerships. - The print edition
reaches more than 100,000 subscribers and readers. -Position
Summary -The Managing Editor for Visuals and Immersive Experiences
(ME, VEX) is a senior level newsroom leader who also owns
strategic, cross-organization responsibilities, with the goal of
helping expand our audience, deepen connections with new and loyal
readers, and positively impact business results through innovative
storytelling and purposeful visuals work.The ME, VEX will work with
the Editor-in-Chief of Education Week, the Managing Editor of
EdWeek Market Brief, and other senior newsroom leaders to help
drive coverage that conveys complex information in visually
compelling and unconventional ways, often by collaborating with our
reporters and editors to find interesting approaches to major
national news developments in K-12 education.The ME, VEX also works
with senior leaders and managers from across the organization to
guide our user experience efforts, to sustain our visual and brand
standards, and to create strategies for effectively leveraging our
visuals work and team to advance -broader -company goals in
journalism and in business.S(he) will lead and manage the VEX team,
helping develop them and meet their story presentation goals while
they support a range of other work for our three product lines:
Education Week, EdWeek Market Brief, and EdWeek Top School Jobs.
The VEX team works across all platforms, including edweek.org,
newsletters, a printed newspaper, and social media.The ideal
candidate will be a strategic, creative thinker who is agile and
adept at planning and delivering high-impact visuals work across
the newsroom and other parts of the organization. S(he) will also
help advance our focus on the user/audience by guiding our user
experience efforts, will ensure a consistent and cohesive approach
to our visual presentation, and will bring proven leadership skills
and a collaborative spirit. -Major Duties and Responsibilities
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Bethesda, Maryland. We are within short walking distance of
numerous restaurants and shops, the -
Metro, and are adjacent to The Capital Crescent Trail. During the
post-pandemic era, our staff has continued to work in a remote
posture pending working requirements. We are in the process of
developing a Future of Work policy that anticipates greater
in-office engagement. We offer a competitive salary and benefits
package including health and -dental insurance, a 401(k), PTO, and
tuition assistance. We value innovation, leadership, and
-forward-thinking, and provide a friendly, intellectual,
challenging work environment where -employees can thrive and grow
professionally. -Education Week strongly values equity and believes
in a society where all children have access -
to high quality K-12 education. As such, Education Week is an equal
opportunity employer and -
does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, skin -
color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national
origin, disability, age, marital status, -
military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. EdWeek is committed to
maintaining a diverse and -
multicultural working environment. - -ContactsKaren Danziger - - -
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