USA TODAY Network

Data Scientist

• Build, maintain, and improve data automation pipelines, scrapers, APIs, and AI-assisted workflows that support high-value newsroom use cases.
• Identify, acquire, and structure high-impact datasets and signals that can drive timely, differentiated coverage across local markets.
• Design and implement AI-enabled tools and templates that help journalists move faster while maintaining high editorial standards.
• Work directly with editorial leaders, reporters, and automation teams to translate newsroom needs into technical solutions.
• Prototype, test, and refine new automation and AI workflows, balancing speed, reliability, and editorial usefulness.
• Troubleshoot automation, data, or tool issues as they arise, providing clarity and guidance to partners across the newsroom.
• Help evaluate existing automation efforts and recommend which should be expanded, refined, redesigned, or retired based on value and impact.
• Develop newsroom-ready outputs that may include story drafts, alerts, tip sheets, reporting leads, dashboards, or other editorial tools, depending on the use case.
• Mentor and support journalists and teammates using automation and AI tools, helping raise overall technical fluency and confidence.
• Clearly document workflows and systems so they are understandable, resilient, and scalable beyond a single owner.
• Stay current on developments in AI, data automation, and newsroom technology, and help envision future use cases that responsibly support journalism.

News Data Automation Lead, Content AI

Journalist

• Retrieve and analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
• Create visualizations and interactive graphics to accompany databases.
• Verify the accuracy and integrity of data used in reporting.
• Stay up to date with the latest data analysis tools and techniques. Use AI tools and techniques to enhance data analysis and visualization.
• Present data, conclusions, and written stories in a clear and compelling manner.
• Contribute to the community’s greater good through impactful journalism.

Data Reporter

Performance Marketing

• Work in a pod structure with Account Managers to support clients
• Provide strategic insights and recommendations for PPC and SEO campaigns
• Manage day-to-day campaign management, optimization, and reporting
• Regularly review campaigns, make changes, and assess digital campaign trends
• Partner with sales and client success to provide performance metrics
• Serve as a clients’ Optimization Strategist
• Complete digital ad campaign reviews and provide optimization recommendations
• Optimize PPC campaigns to increase campaign success
• Update and create pacing reports for campaigns
• Create campaigns within the platform
• Provide reporting on a regular basis
• Conduct miscellaneous research as needed
• Create ads and A/B tests for PPC
• Review keywords and provide feedback on keyword strategies
• Provide reviews of SEO tasks
• Complete SEO reporting
• Join client meetings as necessary and present findings
• Build rapport with internal team members

Paid Media Optimization Strategist

Digital Marketing

• Drive new business and grow existing accounts through 50+ outbound calls per day and consistent prospecting
• Run virtual client meetings each week to uncover needs and present tailored marketing solutions
• Build and manage a pipeline in Salesforce, tracking activity and opportunities
• Sell bundled, multi-channel marketing packages aligned to client goals
• Support post-sale efforts by coordinating creative assets and ensuring campaigns launch successfully
• Consistently meet activity metrics and revenue goals in a fast-paced environment

Account Executive – Digital Marketing

Director

• Set the editorial vision and strategy for USA TODAY Opinion, aligned with our mission, ethical principles, audience priorities, and civic role.
• Maintain the highest standards for accuracy, fairness, transparency, and legal and ethical compliance in opinion journalism.
• Lead and develop editors, writers, and contributors, building a culture of excellence, range of thought, and continuous improvement.
• Represent USA TODAY Opinion internally and externally, including at industry events and public forums.
• Shape a distinctive opinion report grounded in facts, strong reporting, and clear points of view.
• Set coverage priorities across timely commentary, explanatory opinion, and the defining debates shaping the country.
• Lead USA TODAY Opinion's experimentation with and oversight of AI tools, setting contributor standards around AI-generated and AI-assisted content, piloting potential applications, and helping shape organization-wide policy in this rapidly evolving space.
• Partner across the USA TODAY Network to raise standards, surface strong local voices, and expand the reach and impact of opinion journalism.
• Work across Product, Audience, Brand, and Multimedia to evolve how opinion is presented, distributed, and experienced.
• Use audience insights to sharpen strategy, deepen engagement, drive subscription conversion and retention, and grow loyalty.
• This role has final say on what runs, how it’s framed and promoted, and owns the roadmap for opinion products (digital packages, newsletters, podcasts, video franchises, live events, etc.)

Opinion Director

2D Artist

• Create polished, effective creative for print, digital, social, video, branding, campaign, and multimedia needs.
• Design print ads, digital display ads, paid social graphics, short-form video assets, animated creative, billboards, direct mailers, email graphics, presentation materials, campaign visuals, and other marketing assets.
• Develop or support agency-level creative, including logos, brand identity materials, company stationery, branded collateral, packaging concepts, product design assets, signage, glossy magazine layouts, newsprint layouts, outdoor advertising, and promotional print products.
• Interpret direction from clients, sales teams, customer support, and internal stakeholders, even when the brief is incomplete.
• Turn limited input into finished creative that is clear, professional, on-brand, and aligned with the client’s business goal.
• Use strong design judgment around typography, hierarchy, layout, color, imagery, composition, branding, messaging, and call-to-action placement.
• Design with performance in mind, including audience behavior, message clarity, mobile-first layout, visual hooks, readability, and conversion-focused calls to action.
• Create platform-ready social and digital creative for channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, display networks, email, and landing page environments.
• Support motion, video, animation, and HTML5-style creative, including reels support, storyboards, video thumbnails, title cards, end cards, animated display ads, and short-form content assets.
• Adapt creative across multiple formats, sizes, platforms, and media types while maintaining consistency and quality.
• Create production-ready files that meet print, digital, prepress, vendor, platform, and brand requirements.
• Apply print production knowledge across glossy publications, newsprint, direct mail, billboards, signage, packaging, and other printed materials.
• Use AI-assisted tools to support creative ideation, image exploration, layout variation, production efficiency, versioning, and workflow improvement.
• Review AI-assisted outputs carefully to ensure final work is accurate, original, brand-safe, legally appropriate, and professionally finished.
• Collaborate with sales, customer support, creative leads, production teams, and external customers to clarify needs, resolve issues, and improve final creative output.
• Communicate professionally and confidently with internal and external customers.
• Present and explain creative decisions to internal teams, sales partners, and external clients when needed.
• Manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Review creative for accuracy, quality, spelling, grammar, brand alignment, image quality, technical specs, and overall effectiveness.
• Apply accessibility-minded design practices, including legibility, contrast, hierarchy, mobile readability, and inclusive digital design standards.
• Stay current on design trends, digital advertising practices, social media formats, AI tools, video trends, print production standards, and evolving creative expectations.
• Help raise the quality of work across the team by sharing knowledge, offering design guidance, and modeling strong creative judgment.
• Contribute ideas that improve workflow, creative quality, scalability, and customer experience.

Graphic Artist – Motion, Special Projects

• Own day-to-day campaign performance across PPC and SEO initiatives
• Optimize campaigns across platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, and display networks
• Analyze performance trends and deliver data-driven recommendations to improve ROI
• Build and maintain pacing reports, performance dashboards, and campaign insights
• Conduct A/B testing (ads, landing pages, keywords) to improve results
• Partner with Account Managers to support client retention and growth
• Participate in client meetings, presenting insights and performance updates as needed
• Troubleshoot performance issues and identify new optimization opportunities
• Support keyword strategy development and SEO performance reporting
• Manage multiple campaigns and priorities within defined SLAs

Paid Media Strategist – PPC, SEO

Account Executive

• Serve as an executive-level strategic partner to a portfolio of top-tier clients, aligning digital strategy to their broader business goals, advising on integrated marketing plans and owning renewal, expansion and satisfaction targets across Executive Accounts.
• Set the performance standards and operating rhythms for multiple pods, ensuring excellence in launches, pacing and KPI attainment across all Executive Accounts.
• Use performance, margin and retention data to drive continuous optimization and inform quarterly business reviews and strategic planning.
• Partner with Senior Sales, Product and Operations leaders to shape go-to-market strategy, packaging and processes for Executive Accounts, ensuring client feedback informs roadmap and service design.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve campaign delivery, measurement and reporting for-value clients, balancing client outcomes with operational efficiency.
• Elevate reporting and analysis so executive clients clearly see our impact and trust our strategic recommendations.
• Be comfortable managing multiple stakeholders and varying needs at 1 time.
• Design and institutionalize scalable processes, playbooks and standards for executive account delivery, ensuring consistency and efficiency across teams and markets.
• Champion innovation in measurement, reporting and optimization, piloting new approaches (e.g. advanced attribution, CTV/Video strategies, automation) and scaling successful tests.
• Effectively manage up, across and down, ensuring tight alignment and communication between Sales, Client Success, Product and Operations on priorities, tradeoffs and execution.
• Lead, develop and inspire a team of managers, ICs and Senior ICs across multiple pods, creating a high-performance, inclusive culture focused on client outcomes.
• Own talent strategy for the group, including workforce planning, succession planning and development paths for ICs and Senior ICs.
• Oversee onboarding and capability at scale, partnering with enablement/HR to ensure the organization stays ahead of evolving digital trends.

Senior Manager, Optimization Strategy, Executive Accounts

Manager

• Take on new campaigns and launch within departmental SLA
• Review and adjust campaign parameters for success
• Conduct monthly analysis of campaign performance
• Provide exceptional customer service to stakeholders

Social Advertising Manager

Content Writer

• Write clear, accurate and reader-focused home services content across a variety of formats, including guides, comparisons and reviews.
• Conduct research using credible sources, data and expert insights to ensure accuracy and authority.
• Follow USA TODAY editorial guidelines, commerce standards and disclosure requirements.
• Collaborate with editors to revise and optimize content for clarity, accuracy and search performance.
• Update existing content as needed to maintain accuracy and relevance.
• Meet deadlines and manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced digital newsroom environment.

Development Writer, Content Creator – Content Monetization Team

Content Marketing Manager

• Lead a team of writers who cover sports local to their properties. Manage these writers and help them grow through coaching and feedback.
• Teach them time management and how to identify winning story ideas.
• Edit copy, often under tight deadlines, from writers across the country, including those who report to other editors and content coaches.
• Be part of the CCJ’s high schools or colleges coverage leadership team, learning best practices to share with writers and contribute ideas to help improve coverage.
• Use metrics and analytics to identify what is working in various local audiences and what is not, to best tailor our sports coverage to meet audience.
• Coordinate and work with the other CCJ sports editors and content coaches, as well as others inside the company.
• Be willing to work nights, weekends and sometimes holidays as needed.

College Sports Content Coach

Account Manager

• Support the promotion and sales of USA TODAY’s in-house book portfolio through integrated marketing campaigns
• Develop and execute marketing strategies across social media, email, events, and partner channels
• Coordinate with bookstores, distributors, and retail partners to expand book placement and visibility
• Plan and support event-based marketing opportunities, including launches, signings, and brand activations
• Identify and secure advertising and sponsorship placements within print book products
• Collaborate with editorial and design teams to align sales and marketing efforts with product development
• Build and maintain relationships with advertisers, partners, and vendors
• Contribute to the development and execution of marketing plans for the USA TODAY Store, including front page prints, merchandise, and event-driven product drops
• Track campaign performance and sales impact, providing insights and recommendations for optimization
• Stay informed on industry trends in publishing, retail, and media marketing to identify new growth opportunities

Digital Partnerships, Content

• Be passionate about news, developing a beat and becoming a local authority on food and culture
• Capitalize on live, breaking and trending moments by creating quick-turn-around content
• Use sites such as Google Trends to mine story ideas
• Produce content in alternative forms such as video
• Be flexible to assist in coverage of breaking news and other events.

Food & Culture Reporter

• Create and manage audience and promotion plans tied to commerce priorities, including shopping tentpoles, seasonal moments, partnerships, book launches, and USA TODAY Store campaigns
• Own distribution strategy across platforms, including site placement, newsletters, social, search, and emerging channels
• Use real-time and historical performance data to adjust strategy and optimize content reach, engagement, and revenue
• Work closely with editors, reporters, and commerce teams to align content planning with audience opportunities and high-intent moments
• Identify opportunities to amplify, resurface, or extend the lifecycle of high-performing commerce content
• Partner with newsroom and audience teams across the network to scale distribution and sharing of commerce content
• Coordinate execution across teams, ensuring clarity in priorities, timing, and promotion strategy
• Lead post-campaign analysis and translate results into actionable insights and repeatable playbooks

Audience Analyst – Content

Procurement

• Analyze companywide and customer raw material needs, including demand trends, inventory requirements, supplier availability, and market conditions.
• Develop and execute purchasing strategies that align with business priorities, supplier contracts, allocation requirements, pricing considerations, and inventory targets.
• Manage raw material ordering activity and coordinate with internal sites, suppliers, and business partners to support accurate and timely fulfillment.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for customers and suppliers by investigating issues, identifying root causes, and driving practical solutions.
• Prepare and share relevant customer updates, including market insights, supply availability, sourcing developments, and other key information.
• Contribute to sourcing initiatives that improve efficiency, strengthen supplier partnerships, and support more effective use of company resources.