University of Washington is hiring: MANAGING EDITOR in Seattle

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Job Location: Remote/Hybrid, Seattle - Other, Seattle Campus

Job Location Detail: U District; open to hybrid work schedule (combination in-office + remote)

Posting Date: 02/21/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 03/13/2025

Shift: First Shift

Benefits: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website.

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio is Seattle’s NPR news station, producing award-winning journalism, podcasts, and events in service to the 3.9 million people in our coverage area. We are committed to fostering a workplace of belonging, dismantling racial inequities, and amplifying underrepresented voices in our community.

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Managing Editor to be responsible for implementing KUOW’s editorial strategy, leading and supervising a team of editors to enhance the quantity and quality of KUOW enterprise journalism on broadcast and digital platforms.

JOB SUCCESS SUMMARY

The Managing Editor is a key leader in KUOW’s newsroom. You are an advocate for the audience and champion of the reporting staff, upholding and raising the standards of KUOW’s original audio journalism. You enjoy and excel at enterprise and feature news reporting and are driven to find new and untold stories.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Management and supervision (65%):
   • Supervise and lead a team of KUOW editors
   • Collaborate with news managers to plan coverage for broadcast and digital audiences
   • Coach editors and reporters to produce compelling audio journalism for broadcast and digital
   • Ensure deadlines and output requirements are being met
   • Enforce editorial priorities and standards set by the News Director
   • Approve stories for broadcast
   • Participate in newsroom editorial planning and in shaping newsroom priorities and initiatives
   • Ensure adherence to KUOW editorial and ethics policies
   • Coordinate with KUOW digital and daily news desks
   • Contribute to advancing strategic scope of KUOW editorial coverage
   • Develop stories that reach diverse audiences
2. Staff development (25%):
   • Support the growth and development of KUOW beat reporters
   • Help to recruit, hire, retain and develop a diverse newsroom staff
   • Hold regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports and conduct annual performance reviews
   • Recruit, mentor, coach and lead professional development
   • Cultivate a team culture of high motivation, collaboration, creativity, and engagement
   • Lead with outstanding communication skills
3. Special projects and other duties as assigned (10%):
   • Attend and participate in department or organization meetings
   • Support internal station initiatives
   • Troubleshoot and help solve newsroom editorial and staffing challenges

SUPERVISION

Position reports to the News Director

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITY

RACIAL EQUITY: Actively contribute to a workplace culture of anti-racism, belonging, and inclusion.

SUCCESS PROFILE:

• Demonstrated ability to direct, motivate, inspire and lead a team
• Demonstrated news judgment
• Familiarity with and appreciation for public media programming
• Strong writing, editing, and production for broadcast and digital

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, digital media or a related field and four to seven years of professional experience including management and story editing
• Knowledge of professional broadcast and journalistic standards and practices

Working Conditions:

• Duties may occasionally require evening and weekend work
• Cubicle/open workspace environment
• Ability to travel when necessary

Application Process:

You will be asked to submit your response to the following question: “We would like to know more about your experience with diversity, race and equity, and social justice.”

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives, and unique identity.