Clique Inc.—parent company to WhoWhatWear.com, MyDomaine.com, and Byrdie.com—is currently seeking a full-time Associate News Editor based in Los Angeles to join its fast-pacedReplica Shopping editorial team. The ideal candidate is an accomplished online editor with a comprehensive knowledge of fashion news, pop culture, Replica Handbags , and fashion brands, as well as exceptionally strong writing skills.Replica Shopping ’s Associate News Editor must be used to working at an extremely fast pace and able to create high-quality, viral content. The position offers enormous potential for growth within the company, and is an integral part of this exciting multimedia fashion startup.
Responsibilities:
- Keeping a finger on the pulse of fashion, style, and celebrity news
- Writing as many as 7 to 8 fashion news stories a day
- Photo research, including downloading and gathering photo credits
- Producing stories in the CMS
- Writing social copy around each story
- Working closely with the Managing Editor to keep the team abreast of any and all relevant style news
- Working closely with PR agencies for breaking news and any exclusive features
- Recruiting, training, and teaching interns to help with all of the above.
Skills and Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in journalism, with the bulk of experience in digital and a proven background in fashion
- Instinctual knowledge of what makes a story newsy, relevant, and clicky
- Experience producing a high volume of daily stories, as well as daily pick-ups and original reporting
- Educated in SEO best practices and how to write for social media
- Bachelor’s degree
- Strong grammar, research, and copy-editing skills, as well as a deep love for fashion and celebrity news
- Firsthand experience with daily publishing in a CMS, plus familiarity with HTML and web-publishing software tools
- A comprehensive knowledge of celebrities, models, tastemakers, bloggers, designers, and stylists
- Ability to work calmly under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and provide self-guidance
- Strong contacts/relationships with fashion industry press teams and celebrity publicists a plus
- Familiarity withReplica Shopping ’s voice and style
- A team player, with a resourceful can-do attitude, who thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment
Compensation: This is a full-time salaried position located in Los Angeles. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Instructions for Submission: If interested, please send your résumé along with a cover letter and three examples of your work to careers@whowhatwear.com with the subject line RESUME: [YOUR NAME] WWW ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR. You may send links to online work and/or submit PDFs of print articles. Please follow these instructions carefully in order to be considered.
- NO phone calls.
- Any résumés received through alternate email addresses or via snail mail will NOT be read or considered.
- Due to the great number of résumés we receive, we regretfully are unable to respond individually to each person interested in our company, or answer inquiries regarding application status.
