03 December 2010

Vacancy: Nutrition Editor for Prevention (Rodale NY)

Post date: 03 December 2010
Job Description:

Prevention is currently seeking a Nutrition Editor to work in our Editorial Department based in either New York City or Emmaus, Pennsylvania. This role will be responsible for positioning Prevention as the ultimate authority on nutrition issues for women.

The responsibilities of the Nutrition Editor include:

- Directing, overseeing and executing Prevention’s magazine coverage of nutrition issues
- Staying abreast of current trends, issues and developments in the world of nutrition and health
- Generating story ideas; assigning and editing major features and smaller monthly departments in each issue of the magazine
- Working in Editorial Collaboration with Food, Fitness, and Beauty Departments as necessary
- Recruiting major new writers and freelancers to the magazine
- Working with the edit team on crafting story/cover lines and other house copy
- Managing staffer(s)

The ideal candidate will possess:

- Bachelor’s Degree preferably in a related field
- A minimum of seven years of editing experience with a major magazine, with a focus on nutrition and health
- Outstanding editing/writing skills
- Strong understanding of the world of nutrition and health
- Management experience

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

Apply here.
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