PreciseTarget Managing Editor Bethesda, MD · Full time Company website

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The company develops AI-based solutions for retailers
which are used by the retailers for customer acquisition, repeat purchases, and customer
analysis. The company’s data products are often used as targeting audiences in Meta advertising
campaigns.

About PreciseTarget

PreciseTarget is an AI company based in Bethesda, Maryland. The company is led by Rob McGovern, prior founder of Careerbuilder.com, which had a successful IPO and was acquired for $440M. We have strong data science competencies and service retail and publishing customers.

The Role

As Managing Editor, you will be the first editorial hire for a new consumer reviews brand, reporting directly to the Editor-in-Chief. You’ll define the editorial voice, set quality standards, and run day-to-day publishing operations while building and leading a high-performing team. This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced consumer editor who thrives on deadlines and scale.

What You'll Do

Editorial Leadership

• Serve as the editorial North Star for your team — the person writers look to for standards, feedback and direction
• Define and document the editorial product — first-person, test-driven, long-form consumer reviews
• Establish and enforce editorial standards for voice, sourcing, fact-checking, affiliate disclosure language and EEAT compliance

Daily Editorial Operations

• Manage the team’s editorial calendar, coordinating both national and market-specific content tracks, ensuring consistent, on-time delivery to publisher partners
• Design and optimize a content production pipeline from assignment to publication
• Integrate AI tools into the editorial workflow, while maintaining editorial judgment, accuracy and brand voice.

Team Building

• Lead senior editorial hiring: onboard senior writers and editors across Fashion & Apparel, Beauty, Home Goods, Footwear and adjacent categories
• Vet every writer under the brand's banner through hiring decisions, editing standards and ongoing performance feedback
• Manage a freelance roster of 8–12 contributors

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with data and product teams to optimize content performance, test distribution strategies and inform editorial priorities
• Collaborate with the EIC on publisher/partner editorial relationships and recurring reviews

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years writing and editing consumer content including review articles, product features and more
• Category breadth in soft goods — apparel, footwear, beauty, home and adjacent verticals
• Recent experience managing a team of writers and editors
• Ownership of an editorial calendar
• Demonstrated ability to hit high volume publishing deadlines
• Maintained editorial standards for quality, voice and accuracy
• Familiarity with EEAT compliance, SEO
• Proven leadership in hiring, coaching and performance management
• Please note, this role is focused on written consumer reviews and is not suited to candidates whose primary background is video or audio production

Nice to Have

• Experience at a consumer publisher or digital media company (Wirecutter, Strategist, CNN Underscored, NBC Select)
• Experience collaborating with data science or product teams
• Experience with performance-driven or revenue-supported publishing models

To Apply

• All applicants should combine their resume, cover letter and a sample of their work into a single document
• Candidates who do not include all three elements (resume, cover letter, work sample) in the document will not be considered

Why PreciseTarget

This is a ground-floor opportunity to build something significant. You'll have a direct line to leadership, a clear mandate, and the resources to hire a world-class team. PreciseTarget's AI-driven approach, combined with partnerships with national publishers, positions this content operation to compete at the highest level in consumer journalism. If you've built editorial teams and want to do it again — but with more autonomy, stronger infrastructure, and a company that understands the data behind great content — we want to hear from you.