Digital News Engagement Manager

The Daily Herald is searching for a versatile digital news engagement manager to help lead our audience development initiatives. This position will oversee our digital news producers and will be a player/coach to determine the department’s workloads, dive in when necessary and assess the needs of our intended audience. You will have daily interacting with the entire digital news and marketing team. In this role, you will need to instruct staff and prioritize the needs of the department to ensure that the content we produce is distributed to the widest audience possible in a timely and accurate format. To that end, you should have a working concept of a marketing funnel, the content that drives a potential audience member to conversion, how to use social engagement, newsletters, email marketing and various other channels to their highest and best use case scenario. Additionally, having a high capacity to troubleshoot commonly used- and industry-specific software applications is a plus. You should also be well-versed in English and written English as there will be scenarios that content will need to be re-written and re-formatted to appeal to a specific audience and conversion channel. The Daily Herald with its website, HeraldNet.com, has been the leading news and information source in Snohomish County, Washington, for more than a century. We are in Everett, a vibrant and growing community 30 miles north of Seattle, framed by Puget Sound to the west and the Cascade Range to the east. This is a full-time, in-office position that includes excellent benefits: medical, dental, life insurance, 401k with employer match, paid vacation, and sick days. If this job sounds like you and you’re looking to join a dynamic, growing, and stable company in one of the most beautiful parts of the United States, we’d love to hear from you. No calls, please. To apply, please send the following to careers@soundpublishing.com and be sure to note ATTN: DNEM in the subject line: (1) a resumé and cover letter outlining how you are a good fit for this position and your vision for it; (2) at least three professional references.