Today we bring you our weekly sampler of cool youth media and marketing gigs. If your company has an open position in the youth media or marketing space, we encourage you to join the YPulse LinkedIn group, if you haven’t yet, and post there for focused career networking!
Editorial Director at MTV World
Industry: Television, Online
Location: New York, NY
Description: MTV World, a Viacom Media Networks division focused on global pop music and culture, and a creative engine, content, and production resource for advertising partners, is looking for an Editorial Director. This role is responsible for developing an overall editorial strategy for the divisions consumer brands including MTV Iggy, MTV Desi, and MTVK, and overseeing all aspects of editorial content creation. The editorial director owns the editorial voice of the brands and will manage and influence groups to assure the voice is unique, creatively diverse and always relevant to our audience of global Millennials. Additionally, the Editorial Director is responsible for editing, writing, translating, and developing concepts for assigned editorial projects as well as setting editorial standards for cross functional groups, and collaborating with and managing writers, bloggers, and photographers. He or she is also responsible for developing a strategy for the widest possible dissemination of MTV World editorial content on social platforms. This is an ideal position for a globally-oriented, visionary music editor who is seasoned but can work successfully in an entrepreneurial environment and has a strong desire to innovate. (More via Mashable)
Director, Standards & Practices at Disney
Industry: Television
Location: Burbank, CA
Description: This position is responsible for supervising kids’ series, movies, and online content for Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD Standards and Practices. This includes direct supervision of the Kids’ S&P team as well as review of original and acquired programs and movies to be assigned by the VP. Responsibilities include: supervising kids’ long-form series S&P including day-to-day management two or three direct reports; reading original scripts and communicating S&P notes to creative executives; reviewing acquired series and movies and overseeing editing process; negotiating to ensure compliance with S&P guidelines; screening rough and final cuts for original and acquired programs and movies; reviewing online content and games for kids’ web sites; and assign parental guidelines/TV ratings. (More via Mediabistro, reg required)
Director, Consumer Marketing at Current
Industry: Marketing, Television
Location: New York, NY
Description: This candidate will play a leading role in developing, implementing, and managing Current’s brand initiatives and partnerships across all media platforms, including on-air, online, digital media, and offline events. The ideal candidate is creative, energetic, and highly organized. Responsibilities include: managing the sponsorship of Current TV brand, defining consumer partnerships, promotions, and offline events, which includes onsite branding, talent stunts, premiums, promotion mechanics, asset exchanges, and contract & invoicing; managing all company promotional activities, including sweepstakes, contests, and related initiatives to promote tune-in and consumer engagement; developing, managing, and executing original programming launches tied to larger network and marketing department goals to drive tune-in, web traffic, and measurable brand awareness; acting as the Creative Services liaison for Advertising Sales, PR, Distribution, and Programming, which includes project management and delivery of collateral, assets, branded materials, and trade signage; sourcing & designing premium materials, mailer packaging, and gifting for the Current TV brand and acquired and/or original series. (More via Cynopsis)
Editorial Assistant, Children’s at Simon Pulse
Industry: Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: Simon Pulse, a commercial teen imprint of Simon & Schuster, seeks an energetic Editorial Assistant who will provide administrative support to a dynamic, commercially driven editorial team. The Editorial Assistant will be immersed in all aspects of the children’s publishing process. (More via Bookjobs)
Membership Development Manager
Industry: Non-profit
Location: Paramus, NJ
Description: The Membership Development Manager implements and manages girl and adult membership growth and retention plans within the geographic area served. Primary responsibilities include: collaborating with the CPO, Regional Director, and their counterparts to identify and carry out best practices for girl and adult membership growth and retention to achieve the membership and diversity goals of the council in an assigned geographic area; managing volunteer structures/service, implementing marketing and recruitment strategies, and providing excellence in planning management to achieve growth and retention; developing alternate recruitment strategies as needed by recommending flexible, versatile, and responsive ways of work resources and tools to extend Girl Scouting through outreach and community collaborators; working to meet the membership goals established for the geographic area; and contributing to the EEO goals of the council by assuring that the religious, racial, ethnic, social, and economic diversity of the area is reflected in volunteer/employed staff positions and program participants. (More via Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey)
