The Role
Lead Hollywood and entertainment editorial coverage across news, analysis, commentary, explainers, and reporting. Plan coverage, assign and edit stories, mentor writers and sub-editors, maintain accuracy and editorial standards, monitor audience analytics, improve performance, support recruiting, and coordinate priorities during breaking news and major industry events.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a remote position.
Company: Eleven Int Service Private Limited
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Entertainment, Hollywood, Editorial
About Eleven Media
Eleven Media is an established media company with more than 10 years of experience building and operating digital media brands. We own a diverse portfolio of properties with a strong presence across web, video, and social platforms.
Our editorial, production, audience development, partnerships, and publishing teams work together to strengthen our brands and deliver engaging content to audiences worldwide.
Website: www.elevenispl.com
About the Role
Eleven Media is looking for an experienced Senior Editor to lead our Entertainment coverage. This is a leadership role focused on breaking entertainment news, analysis, commentary, explainers, and in-depth reporting. This is not traditional SEO content writing.
The role includes leading daily editorial coverage, mentoring the team, planning around major entertainment events and releases, maintaining high editorial standards, and driving audience performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the editorial coverage of Hollywood, television, movies, celebrities, streaming, awards, and major entertainment news.
- Develop daily and long-term coverage plans, ensuring the team is prepared for major releases, premieres, award shows, industry events, and breaking news.
- Track breaking entertainment news, identify important developments, and ensure timely, comprehensive coverage across the team.
- Guide, train, mentor, and develop writers and sub-editors through regular feedback and coaching.
- Assign stories, identify strong editorial angles, and help shape reporting, analysis, explainers, and commentary.
- Review, edit, and occasionally write stories while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
- Ensure accuracy, fairness, sourcing, consistency, and overall editorial hygiene across all published content.
- Monitor audience performance, identify trends, review analytics, and use insights to improve editorial strategy and coverage.
- Help recruit, interview, onboard, and develop editorial talent.
- Maintain clear communication across the editorial team and ensure priorities are aligned throughout the news cycle.
- Take ownership of the overall quality, consistency, and performance of the Entertainment editorial team.
- Remain flexible during breaking news, award seasons, premieres, major industry announcements, and other high-impact entertainment events.
What You Will Need
- Significant professional experience editing and leading coverage of entertainment, Hollywood, television, movies, celebrities, or pop culture.
- Previous experience managing, mentoring, or leading editorial teams in a newsroom or digital publishing environment.
- A strong understanding of the entertainment industry, including studios, streaming platforms, television, film, celebrity culture, and awards.
- Outstanding editorial judgment and the ability to identify stories and angles that resonate with entertainment audiences.
- Excellent editing, research, reporting, fact-checking, and analytical skills.
- The ability to distinguish verified facts, reported claims, analysis, and opinion while maintaining high editorial standards.
- Experience planning editorial coverage around breaking news, major releases, award shows, premieres, and long-term entertainment trends.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Experience using analytics and audience insights to improve editorial performance and coverage strategy.
- Close attention to detail and a commitment to editorial accuracy, consistency, and quality.
- Strong ownership, accountability, and a willingness to take responsibility for team performance.
How to Apply
Please submit your CV along with links to published work that best demonstrates your editorial experience. If you have managed editorial teams or led major entertainment coverage, please include examples that highlight your role in planning, editing, mentoring, and delivering high-quality journalism.
Skills Required
- Significant professional experience editing and leading entertainment, Hollywood, television, movie, celebrity, or pop culture coverage
- Experience managing, mentoring, or leading editorial teams in a newsroom or digital publishing environment
- Strong understanding of studios, streaming platforms, television, film, celebrity culture, and awards
- Outstanding editorial judgment and ability to identify compelling stories and angles
- Excellent editing, research, reporting, fact-checking, and analytical skills
- Ability to distinguish verified facts, reported claims, analysis, and opinion
- Experience planning coverage around breaking news, major releases, award shows, premieres, and long-term trends
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Experience using analytics and audience insights to improve editorial performance
- Close attention to detail and commitment to editorial accuracy, consistency, and quality
- Strong ownership, accountability, and responsibility for team performance
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