Job Overview: We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical digital media specialist with an editorial background to ensure content quality across Yahoo properties. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, experience in content curation and review, and a passion for maintaining high content standards while ensuring a respectful and safe online environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review digital media content, including articles, images, videos, links, embeds, audio, and user-generated content, for accuracy, style, and overall quality.
- Verify facts, sources, and references to ensure content is reliable and credible.
- Conduct thorough content audits to identify and address issues related to clarity, coherence, and adherence to editorial and community guidelines.
- Collaborate with content strategists, content creators, and moderators to provide constructive feedback and recommendations for improvement.
- Refer to and maintain a content style guide and quality standards, ensuring all digital media content complies with these guidelines.
- Actively monitor user-generated content, comments, discussions, and community spaces to identify and address inappropriate, harmful, or abusive content.
- Stay informed about current events, trends, controversies, memes, and other aspects of contemporary culture to ensure that content assessments are appropriately contextualized.
- Investigate and report potential content and policy violations, such as ad policy violations or community guidelines violations, including hate speech and harassment.
- Work with cross-functional teams such as moderation and editorial to implement quality improvement strategies and community engagement initiatives.
- Stay updated on industry trends and best practices related to digital media content quality and moderation and ensure the application of these insights.
- Collaborate with SEO team to align on strategies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in media, journalism, communications, writing, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Proven experience in content editing, quality assurance, digital media, and content monitoring such as moderation.
- Exceptional grammar and language skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Familiarity with digital media platforms and content management systems (CMS).
- Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- A passion for maintaining high content quality standards and ensuring a safe online community.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to identify trends and patterns in content quality and moderation reports.
- Familiarity with SEO.
- Familiarity with digital media regulations and guidelines is a plus.
Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.
The compensation for this position ranges from $61,875.00 – $128,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.
Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.
If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.
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