Senior Editor

AFAR

$90K — $95K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on text editing experience
  • 5-7 years as a senior editor in a media company
  • Strong line editing and story packaging skills
  • Reporting experience with fact-checking knowledge
  • Excellent attention to detail and grammar
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines
  • Experience in a CMS and writing newsletters

Responsibilities

  • Edit and refine multiple stories daily
  • Write engaging headlines and display content
  • Package stories creatively for digital formats
  • Develop innovative story ideas
  • Assign articles to writers
  • Cultivate a diverse pool of freelance contributors
  • Organize and manage content calendars

Benefits

  • Fully remote work option
  • Role restricted to New York-based candidates
  • Opportunity to attend industry events and meetings
  • Collaborative and fast-paced work environment
  • Focus on travel storytelling and creative content development
Full Job Description
The senior editor will be responsible for top editing a variety of text-based digital travel content, from inspiration stories to intel, from longreads to quick hits. They will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, coordinating with other editors and reporting to the editorial director.

Work location:
  • Our company is fully remote, but this role must be based in New York.


Essential Functions

  • Line editing and top editing several stories a day
  • Headline and display writing
  • Story packaging
  • Idea development
  • Assigning articles
  • Cultivating relationships with freelance writers from a diverse range of backgrounds and identities
  • Writing and updating articles
  • Organizing and developing content calendars
  • Attending industry events and meetings
  • Note: This role does not guarantee travel


Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years hands-on text editing experience
  • 5-7 years experience as a senior editor at a media company working in a deadline-driven environment
  • Sharp line editing, story shaping, and packaging skills
  • Reporting experience and knowledge of fact-checking best practices
  • Meticulous attention to detail and grammar
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
  • Ability to write clear, engaging copy and help others to do the same
  • Agility in storytelling skills, jumping from a longform feature to a short news item to a roundup to a destination spotlight
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to cooperate effectively with staff and freelancers in a remote work environment
  • Experience assigning and commissioning articles
  • Experience working in a CMS
  • Experience writing newsletters
  • Experience scriptwriting and capturing footage for social video
  • Must have a passion for travel, and be interested in conceptualizing new and interesting ways to create travel storytelling


You are:

  • A strategic and creative thinker
  • Capable of bringing out the best in both writers and editors
  • A proactive self-starter with a collaborative spirit
  • A team player who finds satisfaction in both contributing ideas and doing the work to make them happen


$90,000 - $95,000 a year

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