Deputy Editor

Texas Monthly; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Profit sharing

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Texas Monthly in Austin, TX is seeking a deputy editor to report to the editor in chief and lead a team of editors and writers across print, web, and multimedia. The deputy editor will supervise editors, coach editors at varying levels, and shape story strategy with the editor in chief.

The role emphasizes coaching, high editing standards, and ensuring a compelling and varied lineup of stories across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience managing editors and coaching them on supervision.
• Exceptional editing abilities from structure to line level, including longform features.
• Ability to write clear and compelling display text, including cover lines.
• Collaborative and communicative work style.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the story director and multiple editors who oversee writers and editors.
• Curate timely and engaging stories for print and ensure a varied lineup of cover stories.
• Refine editorial vision and publishing cadence for texasmonthly.com.
• Provide editing and assigning feedback to editors, including top edits of stories.
• Occasionally assign and edit stories, including roughly six longform features per year.
• Collaborate with editor in chief and director of editorial operations on strategy and staffing.
• Guide conversations about the types of stories Texas Monthly wants to tell and how to tell them.

Skills

Editing leadership

Longform editing

Story coaching

Editorial strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree

10+ years magazine editing

5+ years team leadership

Job description

Texas Monthly is looking for a deputy editor, who will report to the editor in chief and work closely with that position to execute their vision for the magazine across all its journalism platforms. The deputy editor will be a vital partner to the editor in chief and the director of operations in shaping the future of Texas Monthly and ensuring that the magazine consistently produces some of the highest-quality storytelling in the nation. The deputy editor will directly supervise multiple editors, who in turn oversee all the magazine’s writers and editors. This editor should be enthusiastic about coaching and providing feedback to editors at various levels of experience, including on assignment strategy, story structure, line editing, and leadership/management skills, to elevate Texas Monthly’s journalism and aim to grow its audience.

This full-time staff position is based in Austin, Texas, and requires working regularly out of our downtown office. It offers stability and the opportunity to significantly shape a nationally renowned media company that received a National Magazine Award for general excellence in 2026 and whose culture is defined by collegiality, curiosity, ambition, experimentation, the highest journalistic standards, and an abiding sense of service to our millions of readers both in and outside of Texas. This position offers generous benefits, including a comprehensive health-insurance plan, 401(k) matching, profit sharing, and eligibility for performance-based bonuses.

The deputy editor will:

• Supervise the story director and multiple executive editors, who in turn oversee all the magazine’s writers and editors
• Work with editors, the editor in chief, and the print managing editor to curate a variety of timely and engaging stories within each print issue, and to ensure a compelling and varied lineup of cover stories
• Work with editors and the digital managing editor to refine and enforce an editorial vision and publishing cadence for texasmonthly.com
• Provide editing and assigning feedback to editors, including through top edits of stories
• Occasionally assign and edit stories, including approximately six longform feature stories a year
• Provide editorial feedback on other publishing platforms, such as video and podcasts, as delegated by the editor in chief
• Collaborate closely with the editor in chief and director of editorial operations on strategy, including deciding whether and when to launch new editorial products and how to best deploy the department’s sixty-plus staffers across its many initiatives
• Help guide conversations across the editorial staff about the types of stories Texas Monthly wants to tell and how it wants to tell the

Successful candidates will possess the following:

• Experience in, and enthusiasm for, managing other editors and coaching them on how to effectively supervise and edit writers
• Exceptional editing abilities, from the structural level to the line level, including on longform features
• A talent for writing clear and compelling display type, including cover lines
• A friendly, collaborative, and communicative work style

Previous experience/education:

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least ten years of editing experience at a magazine or similar publication that publishes longform journalism
• At least five years of experience leading and supervising teams of journalists

Texas Monthly is committed to diversity and cultivating an inclusive environment. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.