Sales Roles With Editorial DNA Something worth watching in today’s featured media job listings: media companies are hiring salespeople who actually understand media. That sounds obvious, but for years the industry defaulted to poaching generalist sales talent from tech and SaaS, then wondering why client relationships felt transactional. The roles posting right now tell a…
The Organizations That Need You Most Aren’t Always the Ones You’d Expect Monday’s job board tells a story about where media talent is actually being valued right now, and some of the most compelling roles aren’t coming from the usual suspects. A coastal nonprofit in Maine, a specialty baking magazine in Birmingham, and a fast-growing…
Legacy Brands and Digital Natives Are Hiring for the Same Reason Something worth watching is unfolding in August’s early job listings: legacy editorial brands and digital-first media companies are hiring in parallel, and the roles they’re filling reveal a shared anxiety about audience retention. The New Republic is building out its newsletter operation with a…
The Market Wants Builders, Not Just Strategists Scan today’s featured media job listings, and a clear pattern emerges: employers are hiring for execution. The roles getting posted right now reward people who can actually run things, whether that means managing broadcast infrastructure at Lincoln Center, owning an entire digital ecosystem for a 175-year-old magazine, or…
Legacy Publishers Are Spending Big on Creative Vision Mansueto Ventures posted two senior roles in the same week, and taken together, they reveal a publisher making a serious bet on brand reinvention. A Chief Creative Officer to reshape the visual identity of both Inc. and Fast Company, and a Senior Editor to build out the…
Media Companies Are Betting Big on Leadership Hires Something worth watching right now: organizations across media are skipping the incremental hire and going straight for the top of the org chart. Today’s strongest listings aren’t for coordinators or associates. They’re for the people who set creative direction, shape editorial voice, and decide what audiences hear…
The Institutions Are Hiring, and They Want Range Three of today’s most compelling listings share a common thread: they come from organizations with devoted audiences and strong editorial identities, and each one demands a candidate who can move fluidly between platforms, formats, and stakeholders. The old model of siloed media roles continues to dissolve. Copy…
The Operator-Creative Hybrid Is the Role of the Moment Something worth paying attention to across today’s listings: the most interesting roles don’t fit neatly into “creative” or “operations” buckets. They demand both. A studio operations lead who understands entertainment industry workflows. A digital strategy director managing one of the world’s most iconic public spaces. An…
By Ty Williamson Staff writer for Nerdspin. Staff writer for Nerdspin. The Star Trek universe has introduced audiences to powerful and inspiring female characters who have become icons in science fiction and beyond. These leading ladies not only captivate fans with their strength, intelligence, and grace, but they also shape the series in ways that…
Digital Storytelling Meets Platform Strategy Something interesting is happening across today’s job listings on MB: the roles getting posted aren’t asking for writers or marketers in the traditional sense. They’re asking for people who understand how content performs inside specific digital ecosystems. Platform fluency has become the price of entry, whether you’re pitching product reviews…
