Managing Editor
About The Position
Managing Editor - Historic Christian Publication Columbus, OH area, Full-Time, Onsite Salary: $67K - $74K Some publications simply report stories. Others become part of the history they document. Our client is a 100+ year old Christian missionary organization whose historic publication has helped generations of readers explore faith, theology, ministry, and missionary work throughout the United States and around the world. We're recruiting an experienced Managing Editor for our client, a long-established Christian missionary organization with nearly 2,000 churches across the U.S. and a global ministry presence. You'll take the editorial lead on its award-winning publication that has been telling stories of faith and mission for more than a hundred years. The next step? Bringing that legacy into a digital-first future without losing the voice, values, and purpose that have defined it. Just as important as editorial experience, our client is specifically seeking someone who shares and understands its Christian beliefs and mission and can authentically bring that perspective to the work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 5–7 years of editorial, publishing, journalism, or comparable experience
- Strong editing, writing, proofreading, and storytelling skills
- Experience managing publications, contributors, and editorial production
- Digital publishing experience and an understanding of how audiences consume content today
- Excellent editorial judgment and attention to detail
- Personal alignment with our client's Christian faith, beliefs, values, and missionary purpose
Nice To Haves
- Experience within or familiarity with the client's denomination is strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Editorial strategy and production across web and print
- The evolution of their publication into a digital-first content platform
- Editorial calendars, publishing schedules, contributors, and workflows
- Commissioning and editing stories focused on faith, theology, ministry, and mission
- Recruiting and developing writers and freelance contributors
- Editing for voice, clarity, accuracy, consistency, and audience engagement
- Maintaining editorial standards and style guidelines
- Collaboration with storytelling, UX, creative, and organizational leadership
- Publication budgets and freelance resources
- Research, fact-checking, and content alignment
- Occasional travel for events and story-gathering assignments
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
