AFAR Media
Afar is looking for a senior editor to join its digital editorial team.
The senior editor will be responsible for top editing a variety of text-based digital travel content, from daily news to longreads. They will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, coordinating with other editors and reporting to the editorial director.
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 working in a deadline-driven journalism 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
- Competent in updated SEO practices
- Experience working in a CMS
- Familiarity and interest in multimedia storytelling
- 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
Work location:
Our company is fully remote, but this role must be based in New York.
$90,000 - $100,000 a year
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