Editor, About Amazon, France, EMEA OCC, Amazon

Amazon is seeking an Editor in France to oversee editorial content strategy for the About Amazon site (aboutamazon.fr) in the country. This is a new role on the Owned Content & Channels team, which aims to be the first and most trusted source of information and news about Amazon for external audiences.

Key job responsibilities
This person will be responsible for creating, editing, and packaging original stories about the company, including both news and evergreen content. The role will work closely with stakeholders in the French communications team and other teams across the organization to frame and optimize Amazon news stories. This position will be located in Amazon’s Paris office.

The ideal candidate is an experienced journalist or storyteller, with strong news judgment and excellent writing skills who will help create stories that Amazon’s audiences care about. This person will be responsible for ideating with multiple teams and assigning, generating, and editing original stories about Amazon across a wide range of topics, using a mix of audience data and innate story judgment. The ideal candidate has experience in data-driven digital journalism and a strong understanding of how to use SEO to guide editorial content strategy.

The Ideal candidate should be an excellent communicator, preferably with experience working with freelance writers. The successful candidate will have experience of developing and delivering compelling stories and/or campaigns with measurable results, a strong understanding of the current digital content landscape and should enjoy working in a fast-paced start-up culture. They must be fluent in both French and English.

A day in the life
Core job responsibilities:
•Strategy: Develop and implement the owned channel content editorial strategy for France in line with the broad global direction but with regional adaptation as needed. The strategy must hinge on excellent editorial content that is driven by data and SEO.
•Content: Oversee editorial content and campaigns tied to key storytelling and news moments for AboutAmazon.fr, collaborating with various communications teams. A strong understanding of SEO and data are critical to editorial success.
•Measurement & Evaluation: Set content goals and implement cohesive measurement plans to understand program success. A strong understanding of data (including organic traffic, SEO, recirculation rates, and more) is required to make real-time program adjustments based on results.
•Experimenting & Scaling: Experiment with story types, topics, develop best practices, and create playbooks and toolkits to make our global work more consistent and efficient.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• few years of digital content experience, including at least 2 years of journalism
• A strong understanding of data and SEO and how to use that to drive the editorial content.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, digital media or related field
• Fluent in both French and English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and English
•Proven track record of strategic planning and delivery on digital content campaigns tied to measurable business, brand, and/or communications goals
•Has used data and insights to inform content strategy and planning. Proficient with web analytics and SEO
•Experience developing, editing, and planning web and/or digital content, including using CMS tools
•Ability to exercise high judgment in narrow time-frames
•Self-driven, entrepreneurial spirit-enjoys taking responsibility and making things happen
•Knowledgeable about digital communications and story trends, able to apply these insights to their work
•Thrives in a collaborative environment and is willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done

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