Lead Editor

WHAT DOES BEING A LEAD EDITOR ENTAIL?

As the GunUniversity.com editor, you’ll work with Dave Chesson, Ryan Cleckner, and a myriad of writers. Your main job will be to ensure that quality articles continue to be posted to the website in a timely manner, and properly formatted.

However, managing content for Gun University involves much more than adhering to a schedule of publishing articles.  It involves working with writers to assign and collect articles and media, proofreading and formatting, creating your own content/articles, strategizing topics with Dave and Ryan, as well as managing and “running” the website (finding, fixing, and/or managing the repair of, errors/issues).

A major benefit is that with this being a virtual position, you can do this job at home, in a coffee shop or any location of your choosing, that has an internet connection.

DETAILS OF THE POSITION

• Full time
• Remote
• Pay: $4000-$6000 per month

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Manage and maintain a content schedule, averaging 3-5 articles a week
• Create images and links for all articles submitted
• Attend weekly virtual team meeting
• Provide monthly traffic and affiliate revenue reports
• Manage all affiliates (including establishing new, & maintaining existing)
• Handle regular website maintenance, as well as any issues that arise
• Send email blasts to get content out to our subscribers
• Recruit, organize, and communicate with writers, ensuring schedules are adhered to and deadlines are met 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

For this position, there are only two mandatory requirements:

1. Experience with WordPress websites
2. Firearms industry experience and knowledge

RECOMMENDED TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE:

In addition to the mandatory requirements above,  these skills and experience is highly regarded:   

1. Experience managing a medium to large website
2. An understanding of SEO

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Being a top-notch editor is about being organized, knowledgeable, and an excellent writer.  

So, are you someone who is: 

1. Organized?
2. A strong writer and/or teacher? 
3. A firearms enthusiast or expert? 
4. Eager to learn?
5. Driven to succeed?
6. Committed to excellence?

WHAT A DAY IN THE LIFE WOULD LOOK LIKE AS OUR EDITOR?

So, what would doing a position like this feel like?  Well, here is an imaginary tale:  

You wake up, and brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee.  Once ready, you sit down at your computer and give the GunUnviersity.com website and Google Analytics a quick glance to ensure things look ok.

Seeing that everything is running as it should, you review your content schedule and confirm what the next few day’s articles will be, reach out to the responsible writers, and ensure they have what they need and are on schedule. Of course, you’re so good at managing things, the articles are likely already in the team storage drive, and you only need to finish uploading and formatting them. After that, all you’ll be waiting on is for the right time to come before you click “publish” and help grow the company one article at a time.

You’ll then prepare for your next meeting with the team to bring ideas to the table and be ready to share information about your progress and where you may need some help.

By mid-morning, you’ll be outlining your next article before putting the finishing touch on your most recent one that you wrote. As you need a break from writing, you get up to get some more coffee and then sit down to edit submitted articles for grammar, style, and accuracy before lunch.

After you get back from lunch (you went somewhere really fun because you can work from anywhere), you spend some time looking around the firearm industry to keep fresh with new products, trends, and news. You take what you discovered and add it to a list for the next team meeting for potential topics.

You then jump into the website and work on uploading and formatting articles – attention to detail is crucial here to ensure the correct steps are followed, and the article is properly categorized in the site.

As the day comes to a close, you finish whatever project the team is working on or perhaps, because we value learning, you finish some training for the day, you close down the computer and get ready to head to the range. After all, you work in the firearms industry now.   

HOW TO APPLY?

So, do you want to join a motivated and growing team, gain inside knowledge in the firearms industry, and make money with your passion for firearms and writing about them? 

If you’re interested in joining our team, then I look forward to talking to you.  Just click the link below, fill out the form, and we’ll get back to you!

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