Digital Director

This is a Full Time Job

Fairchild: Digital Director

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Digital Director to lead a team of digital writers, identifying breaking news, trending stories, and cultural moments, and assign content swiftly and accordingly.

Responsibilities will include:
• Lead a team of digital writers plus freelancers and foster a collaborative, ambitious and ideas-driven culture for WWD, Beauty Inc and Footwear News
• Assign, edit, and write digital content across the site, ensuring accuracy, voice consistency, and editorial quality
• Maintain and regularly update the editorial calendar, balancing timely content with evergreen priorities while ensuring team meets deadlines and traffic goals
• Communicate and collaborate with the Eye team on coverage of red carpet and celebrities and the Fashion team on style and trends, creating synergy and avoiding duplication
• With the senior editorial team, design and develop the publication’s SEO strategy, including keyword research, headline optimization, evergreen content planning, and performance tracking, and execute accordingly
• Work with editors and writers across the organization to ensure best and consistent SEO practices
• Monitor, analyze and report on traffic trends, search performance, and audience behavior to inform content decisions; create internal reporting system and decks to present to senior-level staff
• Pitch, package, and optimize stories for Apple News and other distribution or syndication partners
• Liaise with depts for tentpoles, big initiatives, business-related events, and special projects and create a content plan
• Serve as a point-person for web needs for staff members, and monitor user experience for the reader, working closely with the Product team
• Ensure content meets legal, ethical, and fact-checking standards

Requirements:
• At least five years of digital news experience at a media outlet with a deep understanding of what resonates online
• Someone who is chronically online and can identify an emerging shift in consumer behavior and use of language, what topics are gaining traction and identify rising talent
• A strong vision, sharp editorial eye, clear communicator who is comfortable speaking in front of staff members and approaching and collaborating with senior-level editors across the publication
• Culturally in-tune, able to identify the nuance of each bureau, department and beat and communicate accordingly
• Familiarity with interests and needs of the Fairchild publication trade and consumer reader
• A proven track record of managing a team and collaborating with other departments across multiple platforms
• A strong understanding of audience analytics; familiarity with digital subscriptions a plus
• An elastic mindset that is in tune with the industry, current affairs and the needs of an evolving newsroom

At PMC, we believe working in a highly collaborative, office-first environment fosters real-time communication, spontaneous idea sharing, and stronger interpersonal relationships that drive innovation and team cohesion. PMC prioritizes in-person collaboration and does not offer remote-only roles.