Editorial

Assistant Site Editor, TechTarget Data Center & Virtualization Media

Newton, MA

TechTarget's Data Center and Virtualization group seeks an assistant site editor. The assistant site editor is responsible for daily site monitoring and operations, developing and editing newsletters, writing and editing original resources for publication, working with industry experts and vendors, and working on other editorial projects, such as  content packaging, podcasts, video, surveys and more.

Candidates are required to develop knowledge of technologies and issues by continually interacting with the readership, speaking with experts in the field, reading IT publications, and attending industry events. The assistant site editor will also work closely with the site editor to devise and launch new site features and position them to be found in search based on an understanding of readers' interests and needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Writing summaries/teasers for news articles;
• Producing daily newsletters;
• Updating site's daily homepage content;
• Copy editing technical material;
• Contributing to articles related to site topics;
• Producing online guides/packages for readership;
• Producing content in content management systems; and
• Assisting site editor with site management/calendaring/budgeting tasks.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Bachelor's degree;
• Experience editing;
• Experience with online editing;
• Experience with content management systems;
• Strong grammatical skills;
• Strong computer/Web skills;
• Experience with copy editing/proofreading; and
• Familiarity with search engine optimization.

Please contact jobs@techtarget.com