Weekend Editor, Weather and Climate (Contract)

Job Description

Apple News provides millions of users with trusted journalism from leading publishers around the globe. Editors at Apple News highlight the best and most engaging content on our platform and make real-time decisions based on the day’s events, curate content, write copy, and work cross-functionally to support News projects and goals.

The ideal candidate for this contract role will have strong editorial judgment, excellent curation and headline-writing skills, and will have demonstrated experience and genuine interest in covering weather (both daily forecasts and severe-weather events), climate, and science news.


Responsibilities include:
 

• Source, select, and curate stories for weather and climate coverage across key areas of Apple News and Apple Weather, with an emphasis on timeliness, accuracy, quality, and engagement
• Write sharp and engaging headlines with the Apple News audience in mind, guiding them through day-to-day weather coverage and severe-weather events 
• Work with copy editors to ensure your work meets all aspects of our house style
• Work with editorial team members to ensure that the best weather and climate stories and publishers get the most exposure possible
• Communicate with editors at a variety of publications, and help them achieve success on the platform
• Work cross-collaboratively with teammates and internal partners to create strategies for daily- and severe- weather news coverage and climate storytelling
• Surface bugs and other performance issues
• This role covers East Coast hours, Wednesday-Sunday (or alternate schedule that includes weekends), and may be remote within the U.S.

Job Requirements

• Strong editorial judgment, excellent headline-writing skills, and an ability to make curation decisions independently during severe-weather events 
• Experience in using a variety of CMSs and a keen understanding of the tools that support state-of-the-art editorial
• Proficient with data and analytics, and can responsibly incorporate user behavior into editorial strategy
• Thorough knowledge of, and/or genuine interest in, in working with and explaining weather or climate to a general audience
• Experience with, and a preference for, working collaboratively on a multidisciplinary team
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred

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