Associate Executive Editor

The Daily Beast Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Daily Beast seeks an Associate Executive Editor to join our news team in New York. You will lead a fast-paced newsroom, edit and publish stories across text, video, and graphics while upholding high editorial standards.

With 5+ years as a newsroom leader in breaking news, you excel at line-editing, headlines, and shaping enterprise reporting. You’ll report to the Deputy Executive Editor and help grow our growing digital presence.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 5 years leading a newsroom in a breaking news environment.
• Must be able to spot, commission, edit, and publish stories across text, images, video, and graphics.
• Proven line-editing and headline-writing skills; strong political coverage instincts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage our breaking news coverage with high editorial standards.
• Guide stories from commissioning to publication, across platforms (text, video, graphics).
• Develop enterprise reporting and maximize impact of coverage.

Skills

Newsroom leadership

Breaking news editing

Headlines writing

Line editing

Editorial judgment

Politics knowledge

Job description

About the Daily Beast

The Daily Beast delivers award-winning original reporting and sharp opinions from big personalities in the arenas of politics, pop culture, world news, and more. Fiercely independent and armed with irreverent intelligence, The Daily Beast now reaches more than 20 million readers per month.

Job Description

The Daily Beast is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Associate Executive Editor to join our news team.

About the Role

The Daily Beast is roaring. Now we need a news executive who can help us turn up the volume. We are recruiting a driven newsroom leader to be a key part of our breaking news operation, which is the core of our journalism.

You already have at least five years of experience as a newsroom leader in a breaking news environment. You’re used to spotting, commissioning, editing, and publishing stories in a fast-paced environment where high editorial standards matter, and where stories are told in words, pictures, video and graphics.

You have brilliant ideas, line-editing, and headline-writing skills. You know how to help reporters shape news-breaking enterprise stories, how to guide those stories to publication, and how to maximize their impact.

Crucially, you're steeped in the news agenda—and especially fluent in the political scene and its ever-shifting cast of characters.

You’ll report to our Deputy Executive Editor and support her as she directs the newsroom.

This role is your chance for professional growth at a news site that is growing and investing. More and more people are subscribing to our website and app. And we're bringing our journalism to YouTube and Substack, so our vital voice can be heard wherever people get their journalism.

Pay Range Salary

The pay range for this position is $110,000 - $140,000.

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high ends of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including but not limited to work location, experience, performance, and other factors.

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement listed here? If you’re interested in joining the Beast but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with this job description, we encourage you to give it a shot all the same. It might turn out that you’re just the right candidate for this or other roles. See more about our commitment to diversity at https://www.thedailybeast.com/company/diversity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.