Online Associate Editor

Job description
Running Times Online Associate Editor

The Running Times editorial team is looking for a skilled Associate Editor with a proven interest in competitive running. This staff editor will contribute equally to the magazine and Runningtimes.com, with a special focus on high school and college running. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in print and digital journalism and will be able to produce fresh story ideas, develop industry sources, and work well with a range of writers and experts.

Responsibilities include:
Editing front of book high school and college departments and managing those channels online.
Juggling multiple assignments on tight deadline.
Managing social media for stories related to youth running.

The ideal candidate will:
Be able to handle vast amounts of copy on tight deadline.
Exhibit a strong news sense
Understand the mindset of competitive runners and elite athletes and the stories that are relevant to them
Produce great story ideas
Qualifications:
Three to four years of journalism experience
Web writing experience
Comfort with social media
A solid network of running sources (athletes, coaches, experts at all levels of the sport) a plus
About Rodale Inc.

Rodale is a global lifestyle company with a mission to inspire and enable people to improve their lives and the world around them. Through a broad portfolio of award-winning media properties, Rodale engages with more than 70 million people around the world through multiple distribution channels, including magazines, books, online, mobile, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, and video. Rodale publishes some of the best-known health and wellness lifestyle magazine brands, including Men’s Health, Prevention, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Running Times, and Organic Gardening, and is one of the largest independent book publishers in the United States with a collection of bestselling titles that include Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, The Kind Diet, Eat This, Not That! and The Honest Life. Widely regarded as a digital leader in the healthy living space with properties such as Fitbie.com and RODALE’S, a new eco-luxury online store, the company continues to find new ways to connect with audiences across developing technologies. The company is also an established leader in direct-response marketing with more than 27 million active customers in its database. To learn more about Rodale, visit www.rodaleinc.com.



About this company
Rodale is a global lifestyle company with a mission to inspire and enable people to improve their lives and the world around them. Through a broad portfolio of award-winning media properties, Rodale engages with more than 70 million people around the world through multiple distribution channels, including magazines, books, online, mobile, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, and video. Rodale publishes some of the best-known health and wellness lifestyle magazine brands, including Men’s Health, Prevention, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Running Times, and Organic Gardening, and is one of the largest independent book publishers in the United States with a collection of bestselling titles that include Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, The Kind Diet, Eat This, Not That! and The Honest Life. Widely regarded as a digital leader in the healthy living space with properties such as Fitbie.com and RODALE’S, a new eco-luxury online store, the company continues to find new ways to connect with audiences across developing technologies. The company is also an established leader in direct-response marketing with more than 27 million active customers in its database.



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