Policy Editor

POLITICO; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Training

Job summary

POLITICO in Brussels seeks an editor to lead a team covering EU policy and manage POLITICO Pro newsletters. The role blends hands‑on editing with strategic leadership, shaping daily coverage and long‑form policy storytelling for a sophisticated audience.

You will inspire reporters to break news, write authoritatively on EU priorities, and guide a flagship subscription product. Based in our Brussels newsroom, this fixed‑term maternity cover demands sharp news judgment, a passion for digital

Qualifications

• Significant on‑the‑record editing experience at a major newsroom.
• Strong news judgment with a track record of leadership.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Interest in EU policymaking and policy journalism.
• Ability to manage fast‑paced deadlines and digital storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily EU policy coverage and daily newsletter.
• Manage and edit a small reporters team for subscription and free products.
• Inspire innovative storytelling and develop longer‑form projects.

Skills

Editing

Leadership

News judgment

English fluency

EU politics interest

Job description

Job Description

POLITICO is seeking a talentededitor to lead a team covering EU policy in Brussels.

Thiseditorwill be responsible for producing a compelling newsletter, breaking news and high-impact stories from a team of expert journalists.

Idealcandidates will have sharp, hands‑on editing skills, a passion for digital journalism, proven leadership skills and an interest in EU policymaking.

We’re seeking aneditorwith the vision to inspire reporters to break news and write authoritatively about the high‑level political priorities behind policy decisionmaking in the EU, but also cater to a sophisticated audience of insiders for POLITICO Pro, our subscription news service.

The role is a busy, hands‑on editingjobrunning one of POLITICO’s flagship subscription products and bringing policy stories to life for a wider audience.

It would suit an individual with a track record in news reporting and the ability to connect Europe’s policy news with the politics of the continent.

This is a fixed‑term role (maternity leave cover) based in our Brussels newsroom.

What You’ll Do

• Set the direction fordailycoverage and line edita daily newsletter
• Manage and edit a small team ofreporters working on both subscription and free-to-read products
• Generate distinctive and innovative ways to tell stories

What You’ll Need

• Demonstrable interest inEU politics and policy
• Strong track record of sharp editing and excellent news judgment
• Written and verbal fluency in English
• Strong attention to detail and confident digging into policy coverage in depth
• Comfortable working at speed and developing longer-term projects
• Knowledge of the food and agriculture sector a bonus

We value our people

Our benefits package is built for you, and includes:

• Our teams benefit from country-specific, competitive compensation and benefits packages—including pension, healthcare, training opportunities and more.
• With a multinational team, strong ties to EU institutions, and flexible work options including working from abroad, we offer our employees an environment that supports both professional and personal development.

About Us

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow’s headlines, not reports on yesterday’s news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear‑eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world’s key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world’s premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don’t even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision‑makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family‑owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated asThe Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.