Senior Tech Editor, The Verge

The Verge is seeking a Senior Tech Editor to work with writers and editors across our newsroom to assign stories, edit copy, and coordinate coverage around the week’s biggest events.

As Senior Tech Editor, you’ll be responsible for identifying opportunities for deeper reporting, clear analysis, and daily coverage, and then working with writers and editors to get those stories assigned and seen through to publication. You’ll need to be a sharp and savvy editor who can help writers turn an initial pitch into something great, guide both new and experienced reporters through tricky pieces, and quickly edit copy into the best shape possible.

The Verge’s Senior Tech Editor will work on a broad scope of stories. You’ll need to be able to jump from a deep dive on corporate earnings, to an experiential piece on emerging tech, to a funny story about TikTok filters all in the space of an afternoon while bringing insight and clarity to every one. A comfort with a range of topics and tones is essential, and the ability to identify what type of coverage is needed for any given story is a must.

WHO WE ARE

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.

The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work with writers and editors across our team to identify coverage opportunities.
• Assign stories and coordinate with writers to meet publication deadlines.
• Edit copy from across the site — our science, entertainment, and transportation stories all have tech elements, too.
• Be responsible for editing multiple stories daily, from short-turnaround pieces to longer-term reports.
• Support curation, planning, and editing of special story packages.
• Contribute editing support across formats, working with our audio and video teams on multimedia storytelling.
• Shape our coverage with great stories and sharp angles.
• Demand quality and enforce our rigorous editorial standards day in and out.

WHO YOU ARE

You should be an impeccable editor who’s ready to work at a breakneck pace and embrace the opportunities and challenges of a nonstop, fast-moving newsroom. A commitment to quality, a great editing sense, and an ability to support and mentor writers is a must.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• A sharp editor who knows how to make every story great.
• Deeply organized, but ready to blow up their plans to meet the chaos of busy newsday.
• Able to move fast while still delivering great work and upholding our editorial rigor.
• Excited to work with freelancers to bring in new voices (a great existing network is a major perk).
• Passionate about tech coverage — you don’t need to know everything, but an insatiable curiosity is essential.
• Extremely collaborative. You’ll be working with writers and editors across the newsroom, from our reviews writers to news reporters to our senior-most authors.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers. 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is remote. We’re dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all of our employees, and when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.

WHY VOX MEDIA?WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team ([email protected]).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.