Lead Editor, Lifestyle, NYT Wirecutter (Temporary)
About The Position
Wirecutter is seeking a temporary lead editor to help produce coverage for its lifestyle and initiatives team. The role ensures assignments stay on track, adhere to Wirecutter standards and processes, and reflect information relevant to readers. Working with the lifestyle and initiatives senior editor, the lead editor will manage newsroom-wide initiatives such as awards franchises and other routine coverage, collaborate with editors and writers across lifestyle teams on guide and short-form coverage, guide deadlines and story angles, and communicate project status to cross-functional partners. The role also supports Wirecutter Store-related duties as needed. This is a temporary position with an anticipated end date in December 2026. It is hybrid, based in the company’s LIC office in New York City, and includes regular office attendance. The Lead Editor reports to the Editorial Director.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience working at a media company.
- At least 1 year of experience working with and editing writers.
Nice To Haves
- Strong organizational and self-starter skills.
- Experience using web analytics data to make editorial decisions.
- Experience with social media platforms and a general understanding of which content performs best on each platform.
- Passion balanced by skepticism of marketing claims and unproven ideas.
- Experience writing or editing timely, short-form content.
- Experience collaborating with an art director and/or photo editor to present content visually.
- Experience expressing complex ideas using visualizations such as charts, graphs, or infographics.
Responsibilities
- Work with the lifestyle and initiatives senior editor to edit and assign stories.
- Communicate editorial calendar shifts, deadlines, and areas of focus to cross-functional teams.
- Project-manage multiple articles and other content with different writers, including managing deadlines and process, reviewing supporting documents and notes, editing and revising copy, and working with experienced Wirecutter editors to ensure stories meet editorial standards.
- Write and edit copy for editorial surfaces of the Wirecutter Store.
- Contribute original ideas to planning, suggest creative reporting strategies, and challenge writers’ assumptions.
- Use data to support potential story ideas.
- Collaborate with and respond to queries from fact checkers, copy editors, and producers to prepare pieces for publication.
- Work with the audience team to prepare responses to reader feedback and questions.
- Work with the affiliate team to resolve stock issues on recommendations.
- Work with the operations team on product orders and testing plans.
- Work with photo editors to coordinate photography plans.
- Perform related work as requested.
- Support and understand the value of journalistic independence and demonstrate a strong commitment to seeking the truth and helping people understand the world.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
- Company-matching 401(k) plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development programs
- Potential eligibility for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock, depending on role
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
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