Editorial Assistant

Company Description

Huckberry is an independent online retailer and magazine for those who love adventure. We’re a team of 80ish based in San Francisco, California with offices in Columbus, Ohio.Over a million and a half young, active professionals trust us as their leading resource for emerging brands, gear, and lifestyle inspiration. We’re independent (read:

Bit.ly/TheHuckberryStory [http://Bit.ly/TheHuckberryStory]), and have been called “the future of eCommerce for guys”. We look forward to meeting you.

Job Description

Huckberry is seeking an Editorial Assistant to join our growing creative team. The role will report directly to our Journal Editor and will assist in writing, producing, and editing content for the Huckberry Journal. We’re looking for an ambitious, communicative, positive person to help grow the creative content arm of one of the most exciting adventure brands out there.

Responsibilities

• Work with Journal Editor to maintain deep understanding of Huckberry brand and Huckberry customer in order to translate insights into content strategy
• Work with Journal Editor to establish and maintain editorial calendar and content pipeline
• Manage back-end Journal post process (collect photo assets, format copy, upload content to website)
• Assist in managing team of freelancers (evaluate story pitches, craft creative briefs, edit/proofread deliverables)
• Conduct story research across Huckberry Journal content areas
• Assist in building relationships with Huckberry Ambassadors and creative freelancers
• Support Editorial and Social teams with copywriting, pre-production, and other administrative responsibilities

Qualifications

• Superb writing and editing skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong design sense (proficiency with Adobe Suite a plus)
• Impeccable organizational skills with obsessive attention to detail
• 1-3 year’s experience working in digital media or in a fast-paced, creative atmosphere
• Thoughtful, curious, critical-thinker whose always thinking about new ways to tell stories
• Passion for the outdoors, adventure, food, drink, style, home, design, and culture

Interested?

Follow the link to apply. Please provide:

• Resume
• 3 words that characterize you
• 5 lifestyle/adventure brands you follow
• 2 examples of content linked to a brand that you think are done well and a short (less than 5 sentences) explanation of why you think they work
• Any grammatical or punctuation errors you spot in this posting

Additional information

Want to get know us better?Check out our:

• Journal: http://huckberry.com/blog [http://huckberry.com/blog]
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Huckberry

[https://www.facebook.com/Huckberry]

• Instagram: http://instagram.com/huckberry [http://instagram.com/huckberry]
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Huckberry [https://twitter.com/Huckberry]

Huckberry is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.