Description
About Us:
IGN Entertainment, a division of Ziff Davis, Inc., is one of the world’s largest gaming and entertainment media platforms and the go-to destination for fans to explore and celebrate games, film, TV, comics and much more. Across its 16 digital properties, IGN Entertainment reaches more than 490 million monthly users in 110 countries and engages with 73 million fans on social media. Its portfolio includes favorites such as IGN, Eurogamer, Digital Foundry, Rock Paper Shotgun, and MapGenie, delivering daily content across 46 platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and connected TV. Through its online digital store Humble Bundle, IGN Entertainment has donated over $250 million to more than 38,000 charities worldwide, underscoring its commitment to making a positive impact. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IGN Entertainment's content is localized in 20 languages. Learn more at corp.ign.com.
The Opportunity
Come join IGN as an Associate Guides Editor, Trends! Our team is seeking a new member who can support IGN's guide team by crafting coverage of popular and trending games. IGN’s editorial team is made up of all kinds of people that share a common love of games, TV, movies, comics, tech, and all things geeky.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a team to build detailed guides for games with large player bases, from big open-world games to games with ongoing updates of all sorts that need coverage.
- Work closely with freelancers and organize projects with lots of moving parts that need to be tracked.
- Collaborate with freelancers and teammates to make sure games with updates are covered expeditiously on nights and weekends.
- Collaborate with our Business Intelligence team to track metrics and trends.
- Play and capture a variety of games to be an authority in the most popular games of the moment.
- Investigate new coverage opportunities with our core SEO team to pitch unique angles and create daily (and long term) content plans around them.
- Work with our editorial, social, and video teams on ways to frame and present our game help content in various formats.
- Side quests include participating in the creation of all IGN content, including reviews, news, previews, and appearances on shows and podcasts.
Job Qualifications
- You have published video game strategy guide work and have experience planning, creating, and editing text and/or video content with various toolsets, such as Wikimedia or WordPress platforms, YouTube, or social media.
- You have experience working SEO terms and phrases naturally into your work so it reads well for humans (and one very particular robot).
- You have experience editing others’ work for clarity and optimization in accordance with a style guide.
- You have experience using tools that track trending terms, including Google Trends and SEO tools.
Work Environment:
- Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, M-F. This role is expected to work UK hours (9AM-5PM GMT), which may lead to an early start and shifted working schedule for applicants across the US.
- Travel Requirements: No travel is required for this role.
- Physical Requirements: There are no physical requirements for this role.
- Work Model: For applicants who reside in or around Los Angeles or New York, there may be a requirement to go into our offices 1-2 days per week. For others located in different areas around the world, this position will be remote.
Our Culture and Values
At IGN, we believe diversity stimulates creativity, promotes the exchange of new ideas, and enriches our personal and professional lives. We are committed to championing diversity in all that we do, weaving fairness and equity into the fabric of our organization, and achieving a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and antiracist culture where everyone belongs and everyone can thrive.
Here’s the good stuff about us…
- You’ll make an impact. We reach 490MM monthly unique users. We’re big time, but we’re not afraid to give you real opportunities to be epic and make a difference immediately.
- We’ve got a big presence, but a small team.
- We have fun. It’s all about games and games are fun. Anyone can offer a casual work environment, flexible hours, and benefits. We can offer that and a place where you can squad up with your coworkers in the arcade/game room.
- We’re passionate about what we do. IGN employees understand our users, because they are our users. We have a personal interest in providing the best possible product.
Ziff Davis Gaming offers competitive salaries in addition to robust health and wellness focused benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits; Flexible Spending accounts, 401(k) with company match, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Pregnancy and Parental leave, Family Planning Support via Maven, Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, Fitness Reimbursement as well as employee-focused engagement and education programs, including Employee Resource Groups and company-sponsored events. If you’re seeking a dynamic work environment where you can see the direct impact of your performance, then IGN is the place for you.
Ziff Davis is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
This position is part of the IGN Creators Guild, a NewsGuild union, and a contract is being negotiated. The salary range for this role is $59,000 - $75,000. For more information, please visit the NewsGuild website, https://mediaworkers.org/.
