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Media Reporter

TheWrap is seeking a highly skilled and driven Media Reporter to join our team and anchor our media coverage. As a leading voice in entertainment and media news, TheWrap is seeking a dynamic journalist who thrives at the intersection of media and politics and is passionate about covering the ever-evolving media landscape.

Role Overview:

As our Media Reporter, you will be the go-to expert for covering the moves of the media industry and analyzing those moves through deeply reported pieces. This includes digital media, the intersection of AI and media, cable and broadcast news and media coverage of the 2024 election. You’ll dissect major industry shifts, uncover the hidden stories behind media moguls’ decisions, and highlight the ramifications of media moves. Your reporting will provide clarity and context to our readers, offering them a comprehensive view of how the media landscape is changing.

New York location is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Breaking News Coverage: Provide timely, accurate, and compelling coverage of media industry developments.
  • In-Depth Reporting: Conduct thorough investigations and feature stories that reveal the underlying forces shaping media. From boardroom battles to policy impacts, your reporting will be insightful and comprehensive.
  • Trend Analysis: Identify and analyze emerging trends within the media industry and their implications. Use your expertise to forecast future developments and their potential impact on both sectors.
  • Exclusive Content: Cultivate and maintain high-level sources within the media sphere to deliver exclusive stories and insider perspectives that set TheWrap apart from competitors.
  • Collaborative Reporting: Work closely with TheWrap’s editorial team to ensure cohesive and engaging coverage across all platforms.

Qualifications:

  • Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in journalism, with a proven track record of covering media. Experience in a high-profile media organization is a plus.
  • Expertise: Deep understanding of the media industry, political landscape, and their intersection. Ability to translate complex information into engaging and accessible content.
  • Skills: Exceptional writing and reporting skills with a knack for uncovering exclusive stories. Strong analytical abilities to interpret and present data and trends effectively.
  • Connections: Established network of sources within the media landscape. Proven ability to build and maintain high-level professional relationships.
  • Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple stories and deadlines while maintaining high standards of accuracy and integrity.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive Salary: Typical salary range for this role is $80,000 – $100,000, but may vary depending on experience.
  • Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k) plan and more.
  • Growth Opportunities: A dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

If you are a passionate journalist with a knack for uncovering the nuances of the media and political landscape, we want to hear from you. Join TheWrap and be part of a team that sets the standard for media reporting.

Please send clips and resumes to adam.chitwood@thewrap.com, sharon@thewrap.com and alexei.barrionuevo@thewrap.com

Audience Writer

TheWrap is seeking a highly qualified writer to join our Audience team, writing and reporting on entertainment news, ideating and executing short-term and evergreen SEO features tied to new releases and covering events like the Oscars, Grammys, Super Bowl and Emmys. The ideal candidate is a voracious consumer of film and television with both an appetite for being (or becoming) an expert on a specific show/movie/beat and a knowledge base of past Hollywood touchstones (if you haven’t seen anything made before 2010, this is not the fit for you).

Responsibilities include writing news pickups across the entertainment landscape and working with the audience team to ideate and execute feature ideas for new film and TV releases with an excellent SEO foundation.

Required skills:

  • At least 2 years experience writing about film, television and the entertainment landscape for professional outlets
  • Extremely high level of expertise in SEO, including adapting to evolving algorithms and finding new content strategies to drive traffic
  • Sharp, clean and engaging writing
  • Expansive knowledge of (and passion for) entertainment, film and television. Watching the majority of new release films and TV shows is a must.
  • Proficiency with a CMS such as WordPress

This is a Los Angeles-based position with required in-office days.

Typical salary range for this role is $55,000 – $65,000, but may vary depending on experience.

Please submit resume and clips to adam.chitwood@thewrap.com and haleigh.foutch@thewrap.com

Senior Business Reporter

TheWrap is hiring a seasoned business reporter to join our team and help anchor our coverage of the entertainment business. The Senior Business Reporter will be tasked with ideating, writing and reporting on coverage of the business of entertainment, including film, television and media, with breaking news, deeply reported stories and earnings coverage and analysis. The ideal candidate is well-sourced within the industry and with analysts and can quickly turn around a sharp story on the biggest developments that are shaping entertainment today. Excellent journalism and reporting skills are a must.

Required skills:

  • 5-7 years of experience working in a digital newsroom or wire service
  • Sourcing within the entertainment industry
  • Ability to analyze and report on earnings and financial performance
  • Superior news judgment and writing skills
  • Passion for entertainment news and the players involved
  • Proficiency on a CMS such as WordPress
  • Excellent SEO skills
  • Typical salary range: $100,000 – $115,000

Please submit clips to alexei.barrionuevo@thewrap.com and adam.chitwood@thewrap.com

Film Editor

TheWrap is seeking a highly skilled film editor with significant industry experience, connections and knowhow. The film editor should be ready to direct and tackle film and film industry news and reporting with a passion for the film business.

The ideal candidate is well-sourced, experienced, innately curious about the business of Hollywood and capable of steering a team of skilled writers and reporters towards stories that need to be told. A love of movies is a must.

The film editor will manage TheWrap’s coverage of the film industry, including major moves at the studios, breaking industry news, festival coverage and film reviews. This is a player/coach role and the film editor is expected to report and write stories alongside film reporters.

Your copy should be clean, clever and conversational.

Knowledge of AP style and love of a good headline is strongly preferred. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, energetic and capable of multitasking in a real-time news environment.

This is a full-time position that is currently in a hybrid work-from-home model requiring two days per week in TheWrap’s Los Angeles office.

Required skills:

  • At least 5 years experience editing and writing about film for professional outlets. Management experience strongly preferred
  • Strong sourcing in the film industry
  • The ability to report out stories from scratch, including ideating, source-building and confirming scoops
  • Superior news judgment, with a passion for the business of film
  • Sharp source-building and a drive to tell insider stories about the industry
  • Proficient and speedy on a CMS such as WordPress
  • Ability to crop photographs
  • SEO and social media savvy

This is a Los Angeles-based position. Typical salary range is $90,000 – $100,000, experience dependent.

Please submit resume and clips to adam.chitwood@thewrap.com

Politics Reporter

Leading Hollywood industry news organization TheWrap is seeking an experienced political news reporter for its Los Angeles newsroom. (Remote candidates out of New York City and Washington, D.C. will also be considered.)

The politics reporter will join our edit desk on a part-time basis and be expected to contribute breaking news reports as they relate to Capitol Hill’s cross section with Hollywood, as well as originally reported political and analysis features for our WrapPro subscription vertical. The ideal candidate will be highly organized and enthusiastic, well-sourced and capable of multitasking in a high-pressure breaking news workplace.

Wire service experience and a thorough knowledge in politics and the entertainment industry are most welcome.

Required skills:

  • At least 3-5 years experience working in a fast-paced newsroom and/or covering politics, political media and Washington, D.C.
  • Top-notch reporting, writing and communication skills
  • Superior news judgment with a drive to dig deep in your reporting
  • Expert knowledge in news media, politics and current events
  • Topical knowledge in Hollywood industry news and its players
  • Proficient and speedy on a CMS such as WordPress

Typical salary range for this part-time position is $40,000 – $50,000.

Please submit clips and a resume to business editor alexei.barrionuevo@thewrap.com, executive editor adam.chitwood@thewrap.com and deputy managing editor benjamin.lindsay@thewrap.com.

Associate Product Manager

We are seeking a dynamic Associate Product Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for technology and a strong understanding of product management principles. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of innovative products in a fast-paced environment. As a Product Management Associate, you will collaborate closely with software developers, designers, and senior stakeholders to create and refine products that engage our audience and drive our business forward. Additionally, your knowledge of email marketing, subscription systems, and the news media landscape will help you shape and deliver effective digital products. You are motivated and eager to explore new frontiers of product development in news media, especially in data analytics and artificial intelligence. This is a remote position that must be able to work on Eastern Time (ET).

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with designers, senior stakeholders, and our technology partners to define product requirements, set priorities, and deliver high-quality digital products.
  • Stakeholder Management: Communicate product vision, progress, and results to senior stakeholders and incorporate their feedback into the product development process. Help maintain focus and continuity between implementation teams and leadership.
  • Acceptance Testing: Validate the work done by implementation teams to ensure that it meets business needs.
  • Product Development: Collaborate with digital leadership to manage the end-to-end product development lifecycle, including ideation, design, development, testing, and launch.
  • Audience Development: Leverage knowledge of email marketing and subscription systems to develop and optimize products that drive user engagement and revenue. Conduct market research and analyze industry trends to inform product strategy and ensure our offerings meet the needs of our audience.
  • Data-driven Decisions: Use analytics and user feedback to make informed decisions and continuously improve product performance.

Qualifications
This is a multi-faceted role on a dynamic team with opportunities to push your boundaries. We don’t expect you to be an expert in all of these disciplines. Most important is a proven track record of collaboration on a product team and a drive to learn and grow.

  • 1-2 years of experience on a digital product team, including routine engagement with software developers and business stakeholders.
  • Proficiency with modern productivity tools and the ability to rapidly pick up new ones. Some tools we use frequently are Slack, Jira, Figma, and Google Suite.
  • Analytical skills, including the ability to understand and discuss trends in website analytics using tools like GA4 and Chartbeat.
  • Strong communication skills. Ability to distill business requirements into technical specifications with the support of senior product leadership and our technology partners; ability to fluently discuss technology tradeoffs and limitations that arise in the product development lifecycle.
  • Understanding of Agile software development principles. Experience with Scrum is preferred but not required.
  • Experience with SaaS products and services
  • Ability to create and execute test cases
  • Proficient in project management software
  • Knowledge of Scrum methodology for agile development
  • Strong skills in requirements gathering and analysis

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in journalism and digital media organizations.
  • Proficiency in analytics to drive product or audience decision-making.
  • Strong understanding of SEO best practices and their application in content creation.
  • Competence in using graphic design software like Figma, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as a stakeholder.

This position may be done remotely. Salary range for this full-time position is $85,000 – $90,000 a year depending on experience level and includes benefits.

Please submit resumes to jeremy.memmi@thewrap.com