Job Summary
IGN Entertainment is one of the leading Internet media companies focused on video games and entertainment. IGN reaches more than 300 million monthly users around the world, and is followed by more than 58MM social and YouTube followers. IGN also publishes daily content on 35 platforms including TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat Discover. Established in 1996, IGN is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. IGN content is localized in 20 languages and 110 countries and hosted on websites and native applications on mobile, connected TV, and Xbox and PlayStation platforms.
- Minimum Qualification: Degree
- Experience Level: Senior level
- Experience Length: 3 years
Job Description/Requirements
What You’ll Do:Â
- Personally review tech and hardware products.
- Working with freelancers to commission, edit, and publish hardware reviews and buying guide updates.
- Maintain knowledge of the gaming hardware landscape and write articles about new product announcements
- Producing new and updating existing Best Of Tech (buying guide) articles, prioritized from trending topics, in-house reviews, and search-minded sources.
- Maintaining a calendar of planned updates and product coverage, including news, how-to/explainers, and industry trends, working in close cooperation with the Tech Executive Editor to develop an effective tech features program.
- Monitoring buying guide traffic and engagement metrics (CTR, Pageviews).
- Researching, identifying and monitoring priority keywords and their organic ranking changes ongoing.
- Using SEO data and competitor gap analysis to continually refine and improve article rankings (auditing user intent, headlines, linking and on-page optimization).
- Occasionally travel to events (CES, Galaxy Unpacked, etc) and produce news and review coverage.
- Filling in on traditional IGN Editorial coverage (News, Reviews, Previews, Features) and event coverage (PAX, Comic-Con, E3) on an ad-hoc basis.  Â
Qualifications
- A minimum of 3-5 years in hardware and technology journalism.
- Specific experience as a tech/hardware critic and tester.
- Expert knowledge of at least one of the following product categories: mobile devices (smartphones/tablets), displays (gaming monitor, TVs), gaming laptops, or gaming peripherals (headsets, controllers, mice, keyboards, etc).
- Experience managing the work of others, including commissioning, budgeting, editing, CMSing, and publishing.
- A strong mind for detail, process, and sorting through competing priorities.
- Experience with project management tools like Trello, AirTable, Asana or equivalents.
- Comfortable establishing relationships with vendors and attending events as needed.  Â
- Experience optimizing content with both search engines and search audiences in mind.Â
- Experience with ecommerce and shopping-related content.  Â
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