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At Jonas Magazines Inc, we are about everything; everything that touches the lives of our readers and people who are seeking better opportunities and avenues to lead a successful, brighter and meaningful life. At Jonas Magazines Inc, we live to see people growing more intelligent and more conscious of their surroundings, lifestyles, work and business opportunities, pleasure and entertainment activities.
At the Jonas Magazines Inc, we are busy, around the clock, all 300 of us, in creating best creative knowledge base revolving around everyday lives and experiences.
Why work with us?
Speak of work/life balance and equal opportunity placements; we are keen to bring on board talent which shines and carries its signature across our enterprise – embodying finesse, learning and growth. Jonas’s goal is to create a holistic work culture, which feels like a home away from home.
Creativity requires a private space and lot of freedom, coffee breaks and corner meetings – that’s our open culture. That’s what energizes us with novel ideas and experiments, creating unique and innovative brands, nearly every day.
Our best performers, best entrants, best managers, best employees are rewarded and awarded with recognition – this enables stylish creativity within our teams. We promote improved intellect of our partners, leading us to venture into uncharted yet definitely exciting ventures.
we believe in business growth
intelligence wins championships
Join the Jonas Media Group team as a Product Manager working on our distribution service, which drives the off-platform reach of content from our brands like Therajon, Luxuori, Portico Decor and Sommerlz.
We’re looking for a driven, ambitious problem solver to help expand the products that we offer to global partners. You will be building new features, helping the business reach new audiences and optimizing one of our core products.
In this role, you will:
• Develop deep understanding of the data structure of Jonas publishing platform and how it translates into partner feed structure
• Work directly and collaboratively with our Audience Development and Partnerships teams to define and prioritize initiatives that will expand Jonas Magazines audience across our distribution partnerships
• Define epics, stories and sprint goals with your Content Team
• Articulate the business cases for new features to your content team
• Translate technical details to non-technical stakeholders with ease
• Read and understand technical specs from partners and understand what our platform supports and what requires new development
• Represent the team’s interests in building maintainable, scalable solutions that also meet business requirements
• Troubleshoot incoming issues from internal users and distribution partners
• Represent the distribution platform at meetings with both new and existing partners
• Understand the impact that new features in our publishing platform will have on our distribution feeds and work with Product Managers to ensure that they are aware of how new features affect distribution
• Act as the first point of contact for user questions and requests.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for all features of our distribution platform
About you:
• You have a working understanding of XML and JSON data formats for feeds
• You have experience with SQL and are adept at using queries to discover the finer details related services, to get the root of challenging bugs, and to provide information to stakeholders
• You’re comfortable digging into technical specs
• You have a desire to get deep into the details of how services interact with and impact each other
• You like to geek out over data integrity and best practices for data structures
• You are thoughtful, methodical, organized and detailed
• You have 3+ years product management experience in a digital publishing or technology company.
• You have 2+ years working in a rigorous agile environment, shipping product.
Hearst Digital Media (HDM) is looking for a creative and ‘in the know’ talented SEO Manager to work with some of our top record-breaking magazine websites. Combined, these sites generate millions of visitors who are as obsessed with our brands as we are.
The Hearst SEO team works directly with editors at each brand to shape content strategy around the latest trends, hottest fashion, holiday must-haves, celebrity everything, political leaders, and everything in between.
Responsibilities:
• Create a unique SEO content strategy for each site that seamlessly mixes into their editorial calendar and voice. That includes traditional keyword ideas, but also identifying emerging trends, ever-changing seasonal opportunities, and innovative takes on what’s buzzing.
• Conduct competitive analysis to find new content gaps as well as areas where we are losing ground to the competition, and create SEO strategies to fill those gaps.
• Build new SEO strategies from the ground up and get ready to train everyone and everything on all things SEO. That includes: editorial and technical best practices, SEO 101 trainings, how to insert SEO into almost everything an editor does day-to-day, and more.
• Stay on top of news and pop culture trends, and create personalized news strategies for each brand.
• Use our proprietary CMS to update meta information, URL creation, working on all sorts of internal linking, creating aggregated content pages and more.
• Use Google Analytics to track performance, share wins, and find ways to iterate on successes. Superb analytics skills are a must.
• Provide reporting to editors and stakeholders on a monthly basis, as well as pointing out trends in real time as they develop.
• Stay on top of the industry news and algorithm changes.
Qualifications:
• A minimum of 3-5 years of hands-on SEO experience.
• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Must be able to collaborate and foster positive relationships with colleagues.
• Must be extremely detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to thrive in a fast-paced deadline oriented environment.
• Must be a lover of journalism and familiar with the Hearst Digital Media brands.
• Analytics experience (GA preferred).
• Experience with Google Webmaster Tools.
• Experience working with a CMS.
• MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Must have a passion to stay current on SEO and to study, understand, and implement the latest ethical techniques.
Candidates must include their resume in .pdf or .doc format to be considered.
Hearst Media Solutions is looking for a Digital Sales Director to meet/exceed revenue and budget goals while focusing on driving profitable growth within their list of categories and accounts. He/she will also work in close collaboration with the brand teams at individual titles on integrated opportunities, and help raise the level of comfort on digital sales strategy across the organization. Consistent education surrounding the latest technology, trading platforms and a particular focus on branded content is crucial. Strong client and agency contacts are required.
Qualifications/ Key Requirements:
• 5 years minimum online media ad sales or advertising agency experience
• In-depth knowledge of the unique dynamics of the marketplace, relevant advertiser segments, industry challenges, etc.
• Proven ability to meet or exceed sales goals as determined by management
• Must possess a large database of digital agency, strategy and client decision-makers
• Ability to identify and establish prospect lists and create revenue opportunities
• Problem solver and creative thinker able to develop solutions based on customer needs
• Excellent communication skills in all environments: email, phone and face to face
• Proficient in DSM (inventory management) and SalesForce (business management), two primary tools required to manage performance to goal
• Working knowledge of Media Metrix, Comscore, @ Plan, Omniture
• Account Management proficiency from RFP to IO actualization
• A strong focus on being in-market: target 8-10 weekly sales calls, client entertaining, and relationship building activities on a weekly basis
Ideally the candidate would possess:
• Strong sales skills with a proven track record
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Customer centric attitude
• Self-starter with strong team ideals and an entrepreneurial spirit
• High level of integrated sales experience to maximize content offerings as well as collaborate with Integrated Hearst Magazine and Hearst Corporate initiatives
• The ability to forecast projected revenue accurately
• A focus on achieving sales metrics including exceeding the average deal size, average close ration, CPM growth and balancing the ratio of custom to standard programs as it relates to HMS Average
• IAB Sales Certification preferred
Hearst Media Solutions (HMS) is seeking a Marketing Manager to drive strategic marketing efforts for Hearst’s Lifestyle & Design Group which consists of powerhouse brands including OprahMag.com, Good Housekeeping, Delish, Country Living, House Beautiful, Woman’s Day and Redbook.
This role will lead marketing efforts across lifestyle categories such as: food and home and will work closely with the VP of Marketing and Marketing Director, as well as internal and external key stakeholders to market and create revenue-generating, industry-leading solutions that leverage the editorial power and brand integrity of our aforementioned brands, to ultimately meet client objectives.
The Marketing Manager will also oversee all marketing initiatives and be responsible for internal strategic development of Delish and House Beautiful, but not limited to these brands.
Responsibilities of the Role:
• Ideate, develop and present custom, story-telling solutions in response to digital and integrated (print + digital) RFPs, collaborating with Sales, Branded Content Editors, Ad Product Teams, Media Planning, Project Management, and liaising with Digital and Print colleagues throughout process
• Create strategic client presentations for sales development and potential advertiser revenue including data insights and core brand equities
• Identify high-touch, cross-platform and content-driven opportunities that will serve as compelling thought-starters for client conversations and that generate potential increase of overall advertiser spend
• Attend client meetings to present digital opportunities as needed
• Collaborate with Ad Product and Solutions team to identify and develop packages and new opportunities around key print, digital, social, video, mobile and experiential product offerings
• Work with Director to create brand-specific and digital collateral from sell-sheets to capabilities presentations
• Facilitate turnover of sold digital program to Project Manager
• Stay abreast of the marketplace competition and digital innovations
The ideal candidate will be:
• An excellent writer that can communicate creative ideas in a clear, concise and engaging manner who can also master different brand voices
• Enthusiastic about the publishing industry and Hearst’s brands
• Must have at least 3 years of experience within a media company with exposure to marketing.
• An out-of-the-box creative thinker and self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume, innovation-driven environment
• Able to demonstrate strong prioritization and time management skills (manage to multiple deadlines and meeting requests across departments)
• Experienced and knowledgeable about the media world (video and mobile a plus)
• Comfortable and excited to lead the development/strategic direction of pitch presentations (must have presentation experience)
• Able to successfully interface with senior-level internal stakeholders
• Efficient in Keynote, Salesforce and Excel a plus
• A self-starter that enjoys managing projects independently