Editorial Analyst

Pocket FM

Website: pocketfm.com
Job details:

Welcome to Pocket FM, where stories don’t just play, they binge.

Started in 2018, we’ve grown into the world’s largest audio series platform with 200M+ listeners globally. Our users spend an average of 120 minutes a day with us.

We turned episodic audio storytelling into mainstream entertainment - across romance, thriller, fantasy, drama, and everything in between.

Now, we’re building the future of entertainment, one episode at a time.

Want to help shape it?

Role overview

We’re hiring an Editorial Analyst who can think like an editor and analyze like a strategist

• If you love breaking down stories, decoding audience behavior, and turning data into sharp editorial insights - this role is built for you
• You’ll work closely with Senior Editors and Editorial Leads to support high-volume storytelling pipelines for the US market, from early evaluation stages to long-form PPV performance, this is where creativity meets analytics

What you’ll do

Story & editorial analysis

• Analyze serialized stories for structure, pacing, character arcs, and genre/trope alignment
• Evaluate US audience-marketfit.
• Provide editorial support: revisions, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading at sale assess story readiness for long-form audio adaptation

Data, audience & market insights

• Analyze retention curves, episodic performance, and cohort behavior
• Translate data patterns into actionable editorial recommendations
• Conduct user comment analysis, surveys, and qualitative research
• Support A/B testing and temporal experiments to measure creative impact
• Assist in market research to identify content opportunities

Tracking & editorial operations

• Maintain clean editorial trackers and documentation
• Prepare Story Kickoff materials
• Ensure smooth milestone handoffs (H20 / H30 / H40)
• Bring structure and process clarity to high-volume pipelines

Program support (Top author & contests)

• Support pre-contract evaluations, hygiene checks, and risk documentation
• Manage contest triage and story shortlisting using structured frameworks
• Run look-back analyses to revive strong stories that stall

Audio production editorial support

• Prepare scripts for Voice-Over Adaptation
• (VOA) Strengthen dialogue, cliffhangers, pacing, and emotional beats while preserving the author’s voiceConduct QC on recorded episodes and provide structured feedback before final sign-off

What we’re looking for

• 3–4+ years in editorial analysis, publishing, content analytics, OTT, audio, or serialized storytelling
• Comfortable working with dashboards, retention metrics, and qualitative insights
• Experience with story evaluation, revision, and editing at scale
• Ability to clearly document risks, insights, and recommendations
• High attention to detail and strong process discipline
• Comfortable in fast-moving, high-volume environments

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