Senior Editor
About The Position
The Senior Editor will organize and edit Entertainment Weekly’s content, delivering an engaging mix of entertainment news and access. The Senior Editor will also help oversee live news coverage, working flexible hours as needed to support breaking news moments, live television coverage, and daily news priorities. Working closely with the editorial team, the Senior Editor will generate ideas, evaluate ideas from other staffers, assign reporting and writing, edit copy, continually update the pertinent editorial calendar and reviews schedule, handle day-to-day communication with publicists on exclusives, and contribute writing as needed. The position requires excellent editorial judgment, organizational, managerial, and communications skills, all in an extremely fast-paced environment. When not working on stories for their assigned vertical, the Senior Editor will also contribute to other entertainment verticals. A passion for pop culture, strong writing and reporting skills, contacts in the entertainment industry, and the ability to manage direct reports and work well with various teams are required. The Senior Editor must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including occasional evenings, weekends, and nontraditional hours, as needed to support live television coverage, breaking news, and evolving editorial priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in journalism or communications, related field or equivalent training and/or experience.
- Minimum 5-7 years in entertainment journalism, writing or editing experience
- 1+ years of managerial experience
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to oversee timely news plus feature packages
- A good eye for photos and design, ability to work smoothly with photo and design editors
- Strong creativity and a sense of humor
- A deep passion for pop culture
- Solid contacts in the entertainment industry to help deliver access stories and report on breaking news
- Ability to work well in a team amid a very fast-paced environment
- Experience with SEO, social media, content management systems, analytics tools, Photoshop
Nice To Haves
- 5% travel, or as may be assigned
Responsibilities
- Plan and edit an engaging mix of content
- Manage direct reports and work smoothly with reporters, writers, and editors
- Reporting and writing: deliver great entertainment access stories and news
- Other duties as may be assigned
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- prescription drug coverage
- unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- adoption or surrogate assistance
- donation matching
- tuition reimbursement
- basic life insurance
- basic accidental death & dismemberment
- supplemental life insurance
- supplemental accident insurance
- commuter benefits
- short term and long term disability
- health savings and flexible spending accounts
- family care benefits
- a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program
- 10-12 paid holidays annually
- generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)
- pet insurance
- accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
