Managing Editor - Utah State Magazine

Managing Editor - Utah State Magazine

Requisition ID: 2023-6125
# of Openings: 1
Location: US-UT-Logan
Category: Marketing & PR
Position Type: Benefited Full-Time
Job Classification: Exempt
College: Marketing & Communications
Department: Public Relations & Marketing
Advertised Salary: Minimum $59,000 commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits

Overview
The Managing Editor oversees the print and digital editorial calendar and content creation for Utah State Magazine, with a vision for communicating the University's mission and strategic priorities. This position (Public Relations Specialist SR) is a key role in the strategic communications team in the University Marketing and Communications department. This individual reports to the associate Vice President for Strategic Communications. This position is based on the Logan campus, but may be eligible for telework.


Responsibilities
The Managing Editor leads the magazine editorial team and works collaboratively with communicators University-wide to ensure magazine issues are published on time and within budget. As the Magazine Editor, this individual will use their broad understanding of the higher education landscape and USU, as well as their inherent curiosity, to develop magazine issue themes that successfully support the University’s strategic priorities.

• Lead the content strategy and content development of Utah State Magazine.
• Supervise an editorial team, including a designer, writer, and photographer and coach them to produce cohesive work.
• Choose freelancers and implement freelance contracts as needed.
• Forge and sustain relationships with colleagues and alumni to gather story ideas and implement them strategically.
• Generate original ideas for features, photography, and layouts and effectively communicate those to magazine editorial team.
• Manage the production of each magazine issue and plan out future issues.
• Create and adhere to deadlines.
• Oversee management of the magazine’s website utahstatemagazine.usu.edu.
• Work with digital marketing team to implement strategic campaigns around magazine content.
• Ensure that stories communicate USU’s mission, support strategic objectives, and meet the highest editorial standards.
• Coordinate with magazine advisory committee to seek input on story and issue ideas that include a variety of perspectives and a diversity of backgrounds.
• Implement routine reader surveys to guide story selection and ensure reader satisfaction.
• Work with editorial team to ensure sustainable and consistent file organization.
• Identify and troubleshoot problems that may arise.
• Monitor and respond to feedback from readers or other university stakeholders.
• Manage the magazine budget and act as a good steward of funds.
• Source and pitch to advertisers as an additional revenue stream.
• Serve on the review team for the USU editorial guide.
• Be available for variable hours and some travel as needed.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or relevant field plus six years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education plus experience is required.
• Demonstrable editing and writing skills with a strong professional portfolio.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the higher education environment.
• Experience managing a magazine/editorial calendar.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Keen eye for spotting a good story.
• Ability to research, report, and write across disciplines.
• Understanding of inclusive communications.
• Skill for helping writers and creatives synthesize potentially complex research material to produce engaging stories.
• Talent for writing and editing stories from across academic disciplines on deadline.
• Knowledge of core editorial processes including design and print.
• Highly organized and can juggle multiple moving parts.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Deep knowledge of journalistic practices and storytelling techniques.
• Drive to improve contributor writing and unearth compelling stories across Utah State University.
• Strong listening skills.
• Proven experience in managing projects, overseeing multiple assignments, and ensuring others meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills for working with sources and guiding an editorial team.
• Knowledge and enthusiasm for online media and experience with content management systems

Required Documents
Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”
2. Cover Letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application
3. Writing Sample(s) to be typed/pasted at the end of your application

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**


Advertised Salary
Minimum $59,000 commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits

ADA
Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.


University Highlights
University Marking and Communications (UMAC) defines, strengthens, amplifies, and protects the Utah State University brand experience while leading a systemwide culture of collaboration to articulate our university strengths and accomplishments. The strategic communications team produces Utah State Magazine, news content in Utah State Today, and content for institutional communications. The team works closely with the digital strategy and strategic marketing teams to tell the USU story, ensuring the university's mission and values are collectively shared in ways that elevate its reputation and highlight its impact through a unified voice.

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.

USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employs 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.

A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.

The USU main campus is located in beautiful Logan, Utah, a city of about 50,000 situated in a picturesque mountain valley about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Outstanding recreational opportunities abound in the nearby mountains and proximate region.

USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.

USU endeavors to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access in all aspects of employment to qualified persons with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Human Resource office at 435-797-0122 or submit a request at hr@usu.edu.



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Notice of Non-discrimination

In its programs and activities, including in admissions and employment, Utah State University does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law.

The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, discrimination@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Matthew Pinner, titleix@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, Ut 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, OCR@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, 303-844-5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov

*updated 11/2022


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