You must be able to handle multiple editorial and programming responsibilities concurrently and work well under regular deadline pressure in a constantly evolving environment.
Job duties
- Content creation, content localization, quality control, writing and editing
- Select visually appealing images and edit them using advanced Photoshop techniques
- Work closely with the International homepage team and other project editors to ensure high-quality, relevant content is surfaced
- Maintain an editorial calendar of events relevant to the Italian audience
- Translate content written by English editors
- Use search trends to identify and approve content programming opportunities
- Make on-the-fly decisions about daily content programming priorities
In this role, you need to have:
- Strong editorial experience working as an editor or writer in a daily Web publishing environment
- Excellent writing with flawless spelling and grammar
- A strong background in online research and experience making valid evaluations of quality
- Ability to convey features and functions in concise meaningful words
- Thorough understanding of online editorial best practices and priorities
- Ability to use online content management systems, web tracking and reporting tools
- Great interpersonal skills and strong partner management experience
And you need to be:
- Fluent in Italian and English, with a strong command of Italian grammar and language
- Familiar with web searching
- Able to exercise solid judgment in determining the appropriate content for our user base
- Calm under deadline pressure
- Able to handle multiple editorial and programming duties concurrently
- Proactive, organized, easily able to multitask and comfortable making decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Detail-oriented, with great follow-through
- Committed to consistently delivering quality work
- Comfortable working in a collaborative team environment or, as needs dictate, in an independent, autonomous role
Why Affirma?
- One of Washington's Fastest Growing Private Companies & Top 100 Best Companies to Work For (According to Seattle Business Magazine and Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Casual environment, surrounded by incredibly intelligent and motivated co-workers, and a performance-driven culture
- Flexible Schedule
- Opportunity for growth
- Great location, great people, exciting projects, and tons of fun
- Opportunity to work Remote
Affirma is an award-winning consultancy specializing in Mobile, Cloud, Business Intelligence, SharePoint, Technology Infrastructure, Custom Development, Visual Design, and Staffing Services.
We focus on delivering true, measurable business value to our clients.
We have top industry customer satisfaction and are dedicated to delivering dependable and reliable solutions that exceed client expectations.
Affirma's motto is quality solutions on budget, on time, every time.