Lead Editor
Remote job. Candidates must already live in the United States.
At Lexipol, our mission is to create safer communities and empower the individuals on the front lines with market-leading content and technology. Our top-notch team works closely with law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections, and local government professionals to tailor our solutions to better address today’s challenges and keep first responders coming home safely at the end of each shift. This position is remote.
Working at Lexipol means making a difference – day in and day out.
The Work
The editorial team is responsible for leading the content development efforts for our Lexipol Media Group websites – Police1.com, FireRescue1.com, EMS1.com, Corrections1.com and Gov1.com. Content includes industry news, incident analysis, training, resource guides, product buying guides, human-interest profiles, and research surveys, as well as multi-media content like podcasts, webinars, and videos.
We promote and distribute that content through daily eNewsletters, specialty eNewsletters and social media posts across popular social networks. As a team, we provide public safety personnel with the information and resources they need to do their jobs more effectively and more safely for them and their communities.
If you thrive on presenting search-optimized product and technology to public safety decision makers in a way that is accurate, relevant, and actionable you will be making a difference every day. If you can write mobile-friendly headlines, compelling social media posts and accurate copy, you will get the rush of seeing your articles pull in traffic and inform the audience.
Distribution of Focus
The work of the Lead Editor, Product & Technology Content is done in these areas of focus:
Lead Writer (50%):
Generate ideas and write articles on a wide range of public safety technology topics, from ALPR to LLMs to CAD and RMS, for important sponsored editorial programs.
Self-edit articles, receive and incorporate feedback and post articles to the CMS.
Manage freelancers (15%):
Take on existing freelancer relationships and find new freelancers to write product and technology articles.
Assign articles, monitor progress, edit articles and post to the CMS.
Technology/Product News discovery (10%):
Must be able to work with a large degree of independence requiring excellent judgment on newsworthy topics for our target audience.
Daily sourcing and selection of 1-2 news stories from diverse news sources, including wire services, social channels, consumer media and other industry sources.
High-engagement multi-media content creation (10%):
Create high-engagement video, such as technology explainer videos for the sites and social channel distribution.