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Managing Editor - North America
London, EnglandAbout Legend
We’re Legend. The team quietly building #1 products that make noise in the most competitive comparison markets in the world. iGaming. Sports Betting. Personal Finance.
We exist to build better experiences. From amplified career paths to supercharged online journeys — for our people and our users, we deliver magic rooted in method. With over 500 Legends and counting, we’re helping companies turbocharge their brand growth in over 18 countries worldwide.
If you’re looking for a company with momentum and the opportunity to progress at pace, Legend has it.
Unlock the Legend in you.
Your path to legendary impact starts here
Do you wake up Monday morning excited to deliver the highest possible content quality to your readers? Are you motivated by continuously unlocking the potential of your team members? Do you enjoy leading by example, scaling, setting the pace, and being accountable for your market results?
Join us as our Managing Editor for our highest impact market - North America. You will lead a world class team of four highly specialized content managers, overseeing 20+ skilled editors. Co-own the content journey of thousands of users and build a long term, sustainable strategy that keeps us ahead of the competition.
Help our users. Grow your career. Win.
What you will positively impact during your first three months with us:
- Your onboarding by getting up to speed on tools, processes, and people.
- Our BIC Content Quality checklist, SEO guides, and workflows by aligning with best practices and suggesting improvements.
- Our commercial outcomes by digging into data to understand what drives business value.
- Market planning through taking ownership of upcoming month-by-month roadmaps.
- Content quality by supporting QA to uphold standards.
What you will drive during your first six months with us:
- Full ownership of content quality across NA markets.
- Team leads and their performance, ensuring they deliver at pace and to standard.
- KPI tracking and accountability, embedding metrics into daily work.
- Operational excellence in task planning, commitments, and OKRs.
- Workflow optimisations, including BAU streams, AI opportunities, and freshness strategies.
What you will win during your first 12 months with us:
- Full ownership of content quality across CORG NA markets.
- Team leads and their performance, ensuring they deliver at pace and to standard.
- KPI tracking and accountability, embedding metrics into daily work.
- Operational excellence in task planning, commitments, and OKRs.
- Workflow optimisations, including BAU streams, AI opportunities, and freshness strategies.
What makes you a potential Legend?
- We seek resourceful and kind self-starters who enjoy autonomy, a dynamic environment, and high accountability. You’ll thrive here if you’re always eager to learn, value constructive feedback, and are excited by big goals.
- In terms of technical skills for the Managing Editor role, you ideally bring:
- A track record of writing and editing high-quality content, boosting user engagement and organic traffic.
- The ability to do the above whilst keeping SEO best practices.
- A strong managerial toolkit, understanding how to best lead your team members to unlock the most of their potential.
Why might we not be right for you, though?
- We are not a place where you join, and it's an easy ride. We have clear KPIs and goals as we strive towards our multi-year strategic vision. This might be stressful at times, but will also lead you to supercharge how fast you unlock your own potential.
- We work in a fast-paced industry, and we believe learning quickly is more effective than analyzing forever before acting. That does lead to an environment where you will experience change more frequently than in a typical company.
- We don’t have a micro-management environment where someone is always breathing down your neck. In other words: You need to be self-driven and proactive to make the most of your environment and achieve the growth you set out to achieve.
You could settle for ordinary - or you could join us
- For this role as Managing Editor, you will have multiple chances to progress further with us over time.
- We can’t make any iron-clad promises as to timelines, as more senior roles are unlocked by us reaching our organizational targets. But an example could include growing into a Head of Content role while supercharging your content and leadership skillset further.
- Once you’ve passed your probation, we will make an IDP together, helping you reach your long-term career ambitions.
- We thrive from helping our team members grow their skills and careers. It's one of our biggest motivations as a company.
- We consistently score way above average in our eNPS surveys. Being #1 is only worth it if we’re having fun along the journey.
- We offer flexible working hours. Our core hours are from 10 am to 3 pm your local time, as we need to have times when we can meet. But you can usually arrange with your manager when you have personal needs.
- We benchmark our compensation packages annually using external auditors who tell us what the market is paying, ensuring that our package is in the top percentile. When we say we offer a “competitive package,” we mean it. We also have a long-term incentive plan so we can all share in the growth and success of Legend.
- We offer 30 days or more of leave a year, including our "free" Christmas company break, birthdays, and life event days
- We host exciting global Legend events twice a year, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!
Otherwise:
Are you ready? The steps to unlock the Legend in YOU.
- 1st: Apply.
- 2nd: Initial Chat with our Talent Partner (30 mins via Zoom)
- 3rd: Interview with our Head of Content and a Content Manager from other brands in our portfolio (1 hour video via Zoom)
- 4th: Interview with our People Partner and Head of Gaming Portfolio (1 hour video via Zoom)
- 5th: Take home task - you will be given 5 days to complete the task and present it back to the team, Chief Gaming Officer and General Manager - Gaming (Publishing) (1 - 1.5 hours video via Zoom)
- 6th: If all goes well, receive our offer.
Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and diverse team- which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout your application process, please speak to your Talent Partner or contact the team on talent@l1.com, and we'll do all we can to support you.