Website SafetyWing
Editor in Chief
The media team at SafetyWing is building the world’s first media company for digital nomads and remote workers, and we’re on the hunt for the Editor in Chief who will lead the effort and the team building it.
We currently have 3 content platforms:
1. Building Remotely – a blog, podcast and collection of resources to help build a remote company.
We also have guidelines for freelance writers and journalists to pitch us their ideas for all of the above mentioned content platforms.
We believe media is the gateway to community. We have bold plans for SafetyWing media platforms to be at the forefront of the nomadic and remote work movements, providing a guiding source of information where there currently isn’t much. The project is ambitious, but we’re perfectly suited to tackling it. We’re looking for someone who can not only lead our energetic media team, but build our burgeoning publications to become leading media products.
Your responsibilities will include
- Leading and coordinating our media team, including 1-1’s, team meetings and communicating our progress to the rest of the company.
- Working with the team to develop the long-term vision of our media, as well as the immediate roadmap of priorities.
- Build a scaling plan for editorial systems, as well as experimenting with new content channels and verticals.
- Liaise with stakeholders across the company to align on goals, team growth, brand, external comms, and the other aspects of a scaling, venture-backed startup.
- Manage editorial budgets and resources and be the primary point of contact with external agencies and other collaborators.
We are looking for someone who
- Is both passionate and insatiably curious about both media and technology. We like people who think differently and want to break new ground through their work.
- Has good knowledge of the creator economy and other developments in internet culture, the future of work and borderless living.
- Is keen to develop culture and values, both internally and externally, to help us move from content department to innovative media hub.
- Brings an optimistic and solutions-focused perspective, both as a person and in their media lens.
- Is a founder-type personality who has fun with their work.
We like to work with people who:
- Want to help build a global social safety net on the Internet.
- Think for themselves instead of copying others.
- Are willing to try new things, even with the risk of failure.
- Are intellectually curious and open to new ideas.
- Are creative and bold in the face of any problems.
- Have strong integrity and do the right thing.
To apply for this job please visit safetywing.pinpointhq.com.
