Application Guide

How to Apply for Managing Editor, Resilience.org (contract)

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🏢 About Resilience

Resilience, through its Post Carbon Institute affiliation, is unique in focusing specifically on building community resilience in the face of energy, economic, and environmental challenges. They're not just another sustainability organization—they combine practical solutions with deep systems thinking about our transition to a post-carbon world. Someone would want to work here to contribute directly to shaping the narrative around resilience while being part of a mission-driven organization that values substance over superficial sustainability trends.

About This Role

This Managing Editor role is the operational engine of Resilience.org, responsible for maintaining the daily flow of 3+ quality articles while upholding the publication's trusted editorial voice. You'll impact how thousands of readers understand sustainability challenges by curating content, managing author relationships, and ensuring the site remains a reliable resource. This contract position offers significant autonomy to shape content strategy while collaborating with PCI's marketing and program teams.

💡 A Day in the Life

Your day typically starts with reviewing the editorial calendar and queueing 3+ articles for publication, which involves final copyediting, selecting appropriate imagery, and applying SEO keywords. You'll spend midday communicating with authors about submissions, coordinating with PCI's marketing team on promotion, and potentially troubleshooting any CMS issues. The afternoon often involves curating future content, maintaining relationships with content partners, and preparing analytics reports to inform editorial decisions.

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🎯 Who Resilience Is Looking For

  • Has 5+ years specifically managing editorial workflows for mission-driven online publications (not just any website content)
  • Can demonstrate experience maintaining consistent publishing cadences (like the required 3 articles/weekday) while managing multiple content streams
  • Is genuinely aligned with Post Carbon Institute's worldview about energy descent and community resilience (not just general environmentalism)
  • Has hands-on WordPress CMS experience beyond basic posting, including taxonomy management and maintaining publishing systems without IT support

📝 Tips for Applying to Resilience

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Quantify your editorial management experience: Instead of 'managed content,' specify 'managed 5+ articles daily using WordPress with 99.9% uptime'

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Show you understand their niche: Reference specific Resilience.org articles or series in your application to demonstrate you've studied their editorial voice

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Highlight remote self-management: Provide concrete examples of how you've initiated and executed editorial projects without supervision in previous roles

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Demonstrate SEO/taxonomy fluency: Mention specific tools or strategies you've used for keyword optimization in sustainability content

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Address the contract nature: Briefly explain why contract work suits your current situation and how you maintain consistency in project-based roles

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience maintaining consistent publishing cadences for online publications (reference actual numbers)', "How your editorial philosophy aligns with PCI's worldview about resilience and post-carbon transition", 'Examples of successfully managing author relationships and content partnerships remotely', 'Your approach to balancing editorial independence with organizational collaboration (given the PCI team structure)']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Read at least 10 recent Resilience.org articles to understand their specific editorial voice and recurring themes
  • → Study Post Carbon Institute's 'Energy Reality' framework and how it differs from mainstream sustainability approaches
  • → Review Resilience.org's content partners and regular contributors to understand their network
  • → Analyze how Resilience.org uses tags/categories and what their current publishing frequency appears to be

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you maintain 3+ quality articles daily while ensuring they reflect PCI's specific worldview about resilience?
2 Describe your process for acquiring and curating content from external authors in the sustainability/resilience space
3 How have you used website analytics to inform editorial decisions in previous roles?
4 What strategies would you use to sustain Resilience.org's editorial voice as 'trusted and accessible'?
5 How would you handle a situation where marketing goals might conflict with editorial integrity?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with generic environmental enthusiasm instead of demonstrating understanding of PCI's specific resilience focus
  • Failing to provide concrete examples of maintaining publishing systems and cadences in previous roles
  • Submitting materials with copyediting errors (given the role's emphasis on copyediting skills)

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

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Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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