The Role
The Senior Editor will assign articles, edit stories, manage budgets, cultivate writer relationships, and oversee editorial content across platforms.
Summary Generated by Built In
Afar is looking for a senior editor to join its editorial team.
The senior editor will bring new writers to the pages of Afar, develop distinctive story ideas, edit everything from middle-of-book packages to ambitious long-form features, and translate print content to other platforms. The ideal candidate should possess 6+ years of print experience and be excited to work on stories from inception through to proofs. They will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, coordinating with other editors and reporting to the executive editor.
Responsibilities
- Assigning articles
- Story and line editing
- Story packaging
- Headline, dek, caption, and sidebar writing
- Managing story budgets
- Overseeing at least four packages or roundups a year, in print and online
- Cultivating relationships with writers from a diverse range of backgrounds and identities
- Developing content calendars in collaboration with executive editor and editorial director
- Conceptualizing how stories might live across all editorial platforms
- Working with the art team on story framing and layouts
- Acting as brand representative at industry events and meetings
Note: This role does not guarantee travel
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years hands-on print editing experience
- 5-8 years working in a deadline-driven, journalism environment
- Sharp line editing, story shaping, and packaging skills
- Demonstrated ability assigning and editing packages across platforms
- 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 editing skills, from a one-page roundup to a longform feature
- Extremely organized and able to adhere to tight deadlines
- 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, InCopy, Asana, and Slack
- 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 who has a passion for travel and is interested in conceptualizing new ways to tell travel stories
- 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
Top Skills
Asana
Cms
Incopy
Slack
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The Company
What We Do
AFAR Media's mission is to inspire, guide and enable travelers to have richer, deeper and more fulfilling travel experiences. Platforms include AFAR.com, AFAR Mobile, AFAR magazine, AFAR Studios, AFAR Custom, AFAR Experiences, AFAR Journey's, AFAR Collection and the non-profit foundation Learning AFAR.
