Associate Guides Editor

Description

• Collaborate with a team to build detailed guides for games with large player bases, from big open-world games to games with ongoing updates of all sorts that need coverage.
• Work closely with freelancers and organize projects with lots of moving parts that need to be tracked.
• Collaborate with freelancers and teammates to make sure games with updates are covered expeditiously on nights and weekends.
• Collaborate with our Business Intelligence team to track metrics and trends.
• Play and capture a variety of games to be an authority in the most popular games of the moment.
• Investigate new coverage opportunities with our core SEO team to pitch unique angles and create daily (and long term) content plans around them.
• Work with our editorial, social, and video teams on ways to frame and present our game help content in various formats.
• Side quests include participating in the creation of all IGN content, including reviews, news, previews, and appearances on shows and podcasts.

• You have published video game strategy guide work and have experience planning, creating, and editing text and/or video content with various toolsets, such as Wikimedia or WordPress platforms, YouTube, or social media.
• You have experience working SEO terms and phrases naturally into your work so it reads well for humans (and one very particular robot).
• You have experience editing others’ work for clarity and optimization in accordance with a style guide.
• You have experience using tools that track trending terms, including Google Trends and SEO tools.

• Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, M-F. This role is expected to work UK hours (9AM-5PM GMT), which may lead to an early start and shifted working schedule for applicants across the US. 
• Travel Requirements: No travel is required for this role. 
• Physical Requirements: There are no physical requirements for this role. 
• Work Model: For applicants who reside in or around Los Angeles or New York, there may be a requirement to go into our offices 1-2 days per week. For others located in different areas around the world, this position will be remote.

• You’ll make an impact. We reach 490MM monthly unique users. We’re big time, but we’re not afraid to give you real opportunities to be epic and make a difference immediately.
• We’ve got a big presence, but a small team.
• We have fun. It’s all about games and games are fun. Anyone can offer a casual work environment, flexible hours, and benefits. We can offer that and a place where you can squad up with your coworkers in the arcade/game room.
• We’re passionate about what we do. IGN employees understand our users, because they are our users. We have a personal interest in providing the best possible product.