Job description
NovaCurate Media is seeking a Content Curation Specialist to join our NYC team. This role blends editorial vision with data-driven strategy to deliver premium, on-brand collections that resonate with our diverse audiences.
As a cornerstone of our content experience, you will source, evaluate, and assemble high-quality content across tech, design, and culture; shape editorial themes; and optimize for discovery and engagement.
We value curiosity, collaboration, and a rigorous approach to quality. If you are passionate about storytelling through curated content and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.
Responsibility
- Source, evaluate, and select high-quality content across multiple channels to build curated collections that align with audience interests.
- Collaborate with editors, product teams, and creators to define editorial themes and audience personas.
- Develop metadata, tagging, and taxonomies to support discoverability and SEO.
- Publish and maintain collections in the CMS, ensuring accuracy, freshness, and accessibility.
- Analyze engagement metrics, user feedback, and trends to refine curation strategy and outcomes.
- Establish content guidelines and quality standards to ensure consistency across all collections.
- Coordinate rights and attribution with content creators when required and maintain licensing compliance.
Qualification
- 2+ years in content curation, editorial, or digital collections, preferably in a media or tech-focused environment.
- Strong editorial judgment with the ability to tell compelling stories through curated content.
- Experience with CMS platforms (WordPress, Contentful, etc.) and basic HTML/CSS familiarity.
- Solid understanding of metadata, tagging, taxonomy, and SEO best practices.
- Analytical mindset with comfort using data (e.g., Google Analytics) to inform decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; collaborative and proactive team player.
- Detail-oriented with strong time-management, project management, and prioritization skills.