Freelance Editor, Time Out Vancouver

Reports to: GM, Vancouver + Editor, Time Out Canada

Location: Vancouver

Role Overview

Time Out is seeking a Market + City Editor to join our Canadian team on a freelance basis.

The candidate will have at least two years’ editing experience at a fast-paced online

and/or print publication, the ability to work under tight deadlines and budgets, the ability to

create unique content, and a strong knowledge of the Vancouver scene (food, attractions, arts, culture, shopping, nightlife and travel), and a network of sources in the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce content across all platforms (website, screens, newsletters, social, and other channels) that cover Time Out Market Vancouver and the city of Vancouver’s biggest events, inspires readers to try new things, and creates a cultural buzz in Vancouver in and outside of Time Out Market Vancouver.

• Work with the national team to build email and social strategies to reach a wider audience in Vancouver and share Time Out and Time Out Market content.

• Help curate and provide editorial for our Time Out Market initiative in Vancouver

• Work with the Vancouver Market team, Time Out Canada editor, and North America and global content team, to maintain global editorial calendar, share best practices, optimize content for SEO and collaborate on global content projects.

• As needed, develop branded content; support the commercial success of Time Out’s business initiatives.

• Build and manage a team of freelancers to help in the content creation process across a wide range of topics, including Time Out Market Vancouver, Vancouver restaurants and bars, arts and culture, theater, etc. and edit this content for digital use.

• Ensure content is delivered on time, to brief, within budget and to the standards laid out by Time Out style guides.

• Be responsible for overall journalistic integrity, including ensuring that all relevant copyrights have been cleared and that content meets legal guidelines.

• Create content that meets individual and team goals (e.g., engagement, traffic, etc.).

• Work with the marketing and commercial teams to devise partnerships and brainstorm events that increase awareness of the Time Out brand in Vancouver.

• Maintain and develop strong internal and external working relationships across the Time Out Group while being internally and externally recognized as an ambassador for Time Out values.

• Be an authority on the Time Out brand and competitors.

• Work with global video and social team to create successful video and social content.

• When required, serve as a spokesperson/quotable expert.

• Embrace Time Out’s digital-first, mobile-first philosophy. A strong background in digital production is absolutely essential.

• Act as an effective brand ambassador for Time Out Group

• Set individual weekly content volume targets (new posts, updated posts, new listings, updated listings, etc.) for your direct reports.

• Manage team resources.

Essential skills

• Demonstrated desire to build a great business.

• Be commercially astute.

• A clear understanding of the financial and functional dynamics of a global media business.

• Clear ability to collaborate across business functions and with external parties.

• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive.

• Excellent grasp and understanding of SEO best practice.

• Highest standard of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise accordingly.

• Experience writing tight briefs for internal and external contributors.

• The ability to write copy in line with highest editorial standards.

• The ability to work quickly to tight deadlines under pressure.

• A strong industry reputation.

• Flexibility and a professional approach at all times.

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.

Recruitment Scam Warning

Time Out is aware of recruitment scams in which individuals falsely claim to represent our company.

Please note that Time Out will never ask candidates to pay fees, transfer money or make purchases at any stage of the recruitment process. We also do not conduct interviews or communicate with candidates via Telegram or WhatsApp.

If you receive a suspicious message, job offer or payment request claiming to be from Time Out, please do not respond or send any money. Instead, contact us at hr.uk@timeout.com so we can investigate.

About Time Out Group plc

Time Out Group is a leading global media and hospitality business that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city.

It all began in London in 1968 when Time Out helped people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the capital. Since then, this iconic brand has consistently maintained its status as the go-to source of inspiration for both locals and visitors alike. Today, it is the only global brand – with a local voice – dedicated to city life.

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market – which are highly synergistic – the Company helps its large audience go out in the world's greatest cities with its curated content and experiences, and connects global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

Time Out Media’s multiple digital and physical channels span websites, mobile, social media, videos, newsletters and Live Events. Across these channels, Time Out distributes its high-quality content – created and curated by a global team of local experts – around the best food, drinks, culture, art, music, theatre, travel and entertainment in over 350 cities and over 50 countries. The Company is monetising this global reach and its strong traffic from a desirable audience by offering bespoke 360-degree multichannel advertising solutions to international, national and local brands and businesses. Since its launch in 1968, Time Out has become a global brand that advertisers and consumers love and trust.

Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, leveraging the Time Out brand to bring the best of the city together under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences – based on the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in Lisbon, quickly becoming one of the city's most popular destinations. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion and there are currently 13 open Markets: in addition to Lisbon, there are sites in New York (in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood and in Manhattan's Union Square), Boston, Montreal, Dubai, Cape Town, Porto, Barcelona, Bahrain, Osaka, Budapest and Vancouver. More Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline as the global expansion continues.

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.