Chicago Food and Drink Editor

Salary: $65,000 - $75,000

Time Out is looking for a writer and editor who is deeply entrenched in Chicago’s food and drink scene to serve as our local expert on all things dining and drinking in the city. If you know Chicago’s restaurant scene inside and out and have a clear perspective on what makes the city’s culinary world unique, this is the role for you. The Chicago Food and Drink Editor will curate the best of the region for our audience across all platforms—including digital, social, email and live events at Time Out Market Chicago. This is a multifaceted position focusing on writing and social media planning, tasked with the overall responsibility of engaging our audience across multiple verticals and channels, with an emphasis on digital storytelling. You’ll be responsible for all of Time Out’s coverage on Chicago when it comes to restaurants, bars, chef profiles and food and drink trends.

Key Responsibilities

• Write and curate food and drink features for Time Out Chicago

• Write stories about major restaurant and bar openings, culinary news, best-of lists and upcoming food and drink events

• Work with Time Out’s social and video team to grow our reach and engagement on Instagram and Facebook

• Publish relevant and comprehensive content across the site that can be shared on Time Out’s national US social channels

• Help curate new vendors, pop-ups and partners for Time Out Market Chicago

• Ensure Time Out Chicago’s core food and drink guides are updated in a timely manner

• Have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening in Chicago’s food and drink scene; use your professional contacts and social-media networks to be the first to identify the next big thing.

• Work with the Time Out Market team to create an editorial calendar for covering the Market, and its chefs, in new and innovative ways

• Build and optimize a dedicated weekly newsletter for Time Out Chicago, highlighting the most enticing, relevant and timely content our readers

• Embrace Time Out’s digital-first, mobile-first philosophy—a strong background in digital production is absolutely essential to this role

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Advanced English proficiency

• Five to six years of professional experience in the media industry, with a specific focus on digital content and production

• Ability to work with various tools of the trade, including content management systems and basic photo skills

• Experience with analytical tools, including Google Analytics, Looker and Marfeel

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.

About Time Out Group plc

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market we help our large audience go out in the world's greatest cities and connect global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

About Time Out Group
Time Out Group is a global brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the best of the city - today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to Do, See and Eat across 333 cities in 59 countries and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels. Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city's best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. There are currently Markets in ten cities including Lisbon, New York and Dubai, with several new locations expected to open in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Group PLC, listed on AIM, is headquartered in London (UK).

About Time Out Market
Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs, drinks and cultural experiences together under one roof. From award-winning chefs to much-loved local gems, from cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures and celebrates the best of the city. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into one of the most popular destinations in the city. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion, and there are currently Markets in eleven cities including New York, Montreal, Dubai and Cape Town, with several new locations expected to open in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Market is part of Time Out Group PLC (AIM: TMO), a brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city through Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city – today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to do, see and eat across 333 cities in 59 countries, and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.