Assistant Editor

Atlantic Media

68d • $69,000 - $75,000

About The Position

The Atlantic is seeking an assistant editor to join the newsroom. This person will be assigned to the audience engagement team, whose mission includes maximizing the reach and impact of our journalism, cultivating relationships with readers, building habits among them, and helping our newsroom understand those audiences better. This journalist should be a strategic thinker with editorial judgment who follows the news and views the work of audience-building as a creative challenge. Excellent writing and editing skills, agility, and a sense of urgency are each a must. The Atlantic is focused on helping new and existing readers to understand the value and power of the ideas, arguments and expertise that have animated our writer-driven publication since its founding in 1857.

Requirements

• 1+ years experience operating social media accounts for news organizations.
• Scrupulous attention to detail, including writing structure, mechanics, grammar, and spelling.
• A collegial, energetic, 'yes and' approach to problem solving and creative endeavors, and willingness to tackle new duties.
• The ability to manage time, prioritize urgent tasks, accomplish both discrete tasks and longer-term projects on deadline, switch easily between different duties, and communicate clearly with a manager.
• Editorial judgment and strong news sense.
• Critical thinking, attention to process, agility, and an appetite to experiment and explore.

Nice To Haves

• Copy desk experience.
• Experience using video editing software, such as Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, or CapCut.
• Experience using graphic software, such as Figma.
• Experience working with editorial data and tracking tools (Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Looker).

Responsibilities

• Work with the team’s senior editors to develop and execute plans for engaging audiences with Atlantic stories across a range of digital platforms, helping to continually evaluate and refine our approach.
• Write and edit promotional copy for Atlantic stories on surfaces that include our app, the home page and article page, newsletters, and social media platforms.
• Advance the team’s efforts to build and share a deep and dynamic understanding of our audiences on each major platform—formulating and researching your own inquiries and sharing their results with newsroom colleagues.
• Experiment with, and craft best practices for, new and emerging digital spaces.
• Maintain relationships with partner platforms (such as Apple News), helping our journalism reach a broad audience.
• Suggest creative ways to find, build, and engage with audiences on platforms.
• Collaborate with our Insights team to analyze audience behavior on various platforms and sharpen approaches.

Benefits

• Salary Minimum: $69,000
• Salary Maximum: $75,000
• Guild position
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees