Fairfield County Editor Job Description

KidsOutandAbout.com is a fast-growing leader in online family media. We are the go-to source for parents in 15 nationwide regions who want to find out about all the great things going on for kids and families in their local communities. We currently have a position open for an editor in Fairfield County, CT.

This position is part-time, about 10-15 hours per week. Local editors are the local “face” of KidsOutAndAbout for their area, and therefore must be located physically within the region. They work with the managing editor and editor-in-chief to keep their regional site up-to-date and robust. They write weekly editor’s notes, staff booths at local festivals, enter local events to the calendar, write reviews of local attractions, and, in general, nurture the organizations that post to our calendars. He/she also works closely with the sales team to feed the local sales rep leads for organizations that might want extra, paid visibility in addition to their free listing and postings. 

Editors are paid a monthly stipend plus receive a percentage of local sales. This position is ideal for a stay-at-home Fairfield County mom or dad who loves to write, who loves to bring his/her kids out and about, who is already connected with those in her local community, and who knows we all have to do data entry sometimes. Our editor should be very web-savvy and unafraid of learning new online computer software programs. He or she should also be excited to take their kids “out and about” in Fairfield County as much as possible (you’ll get free tickets to all kinds of places), and then write about it.

Fairfield County editor job description:

1. Compile weekly editor’s note for e-newsletter describing what is happening for kids, teens, and families in and around Fairfield County (due Tuesday at noon each week…4-5 paragraphs).
2. Make sure that resource lists are up-to-date and that the calendar is well-stocked with events (this is the data entry portion of the position).
3. Periodically exhibit at local festivals and events; optionally presenting at meetings like Moms Clubs if you like public speaking.
4. Write (at least) one local review article per month. (Can be photoessay.)
5. Educate representatives from local organizations about how they can post their events for free, via email, phone, or in person.  
6. Celebrate local activities in a variety of ways: Articles/reviews, features in the newsletter, posts on social media.
7. Alert organizations that you have celebrated their activities: Email them when you have written about them in the newsletter, posted on social media, etc. to let them know they are loved… and that they should continue (or start) to post their activities.
8. Schedule social media posts that link to our calendar, to reviews, or to other articles that you think will engage readers, 5 times per day.

Interested? Investigate KidsOutAndAbout.com at http://fairfieldcounty.kidsoutandabout.com. Also browse through past newsletters to see the comprehensive style in which we celebrate Fairfield County. Then prepare your resume, a cover letter, and a writing sample (it can be anything), and send it to June Santini at june@kidsoutandabout.com.