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Fever is a global tech platform for culture and live entertainment, operating the Secret Media Network—a digital media group with outlets in major cities worldwide (Secret London, Secret Chicago, Secret LA, Secret NYC, Secret Sydney, Lisboa Secreta, Paris Secret, Madrid Secreto, Barcelona Secreta, and more). The network focuses on recommending plans, discovering places, sharing things to do, and breaking news across different cities.
You will join as Executive Editor, reporting directly to the VP of Media. This is a hands-on leadership role managing a growing team of editors, writers, video producers, and social media creatives across Southern Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive strategy and growth for the Southern Europe market, taking full ownership of regional expansion.
- Manage team members directly with clear workflows, individual feedback, and professional development.
- Craft and execute a creative vision for the entire Secret Media Network, maintaining consistent brand identity and tone of voice.
- Collaborate with editors, writers, video, and social teams to establish and maintain high editorial standards.
- Lead and guide the team to foster growth, inspire creativity, and reach new audiences.
- Work with experienced editors to elevate content in established cities and develop expandable formats.
- Analyze regional data based on internal KPIs and leverage findings to inform strategy.
- Identify editorial partnership opportunities to broaden content reach to diverse audiences.
- Take a hands-on approach to initiate key content-creation initiatives.
- Coordinate, assign, and prioritize editorial work; collaborate across Fever departments.
- Develop and analyze audience-growth strategies; celebrate wins and share best practices network-wide.
- Understand business operations deeply and translate that knowledge into content strategies supporting revenue, audience growth, and company objectives.
- Build and optimize content-driven conversion funnels, ensuring storytelling, formats, distribution, and audience insights work together to drive measurable conversions.
Requirements:
- Proficiency in English; additional languages a plus.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a newsroom, content agency, creative agency, or digital media property.
- Minimum 2 years of team management experience.
- Deep passion for journalism, especially at the local level, social media, and digital marketing.
- Expertise in media mapping and ability to collaborate with external partners (advertising agencies, media agencies, TV/animation companies).
- Digital fluency and hands-on knowledge of current social media platforms: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, etc.
- Ability to inspire creative teams and customers; strong presentation skills.
- Data-driven and business-savvy with superb writing skills and creative flair.
- Solid understanding of optimization technologies, AI-driven processes, workflow automation, and performance outcomes.
- Ability to convert content creators' economy into growth opportunities.
- Team player attitude.
- Preferred: proficiency in WordPress, familiarity with Photoshop and Canva, knowledge of image/video editing software, and powerful media network contacts.
