Dispatches Front-of-Book Editor — Visionary Craft

The Atlantic; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

The Atlantic is seeking a creative and entrepreneurial senior editor to oversee Dispatches, the opening section of the print magazine. The editor will generate ideas for arguments, columns, and regular features; edit and top-edit the front of the book and ensure depth, integrity, variety, wit, and style.

Based in New York City or Washington, D.C., this Guild position offers an opportunity to shape a nationally read publication with a long legacy and vibrant culture of ideas.

Qualifications

• Significant experience assigning and editing articles across disciplines and in a range of styles, including opinion, reporting, humor, and argued essays.
• Editorial imagination and intellect; an eye for original ideas; the ability to build a front of book that surprises, delights, challenges, and edifies readers.
• Large and varied network of writers, scholars, and other potential contributors.
• A record of publishing writers of diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to guide writers and fellow editors to do their best work.
• A knack for display copy and other elements of magazine packaging and web publishing.

Responsibilities

• Assigning and editing stories for Dispatches
• Working closely with both staff writers and freelancers; expanding our network of contributors
• Helping to ensure that our coverage is compelling, thoughtful, original, and maximally ambitious
• Shepherding pieces through copyedit and fact-checking; working with teams across the newsroom to enhance the presentation and distribution of stories

Skills

Editorial leadership

Front-of-book development

Writers network

Copyediting

Fact-checking

Job description

The Atlantic is seeking a creative and entrepreneurial senior editor to oversee Dispatches, the opening section of the print magazine. The editor will generate ideas for arguments, columns, and regular features; edit and top-edit the front of the book and ensure depth, integrity, variety, wit, and style.

Based in New York City or Washington, D.C., this Guild position offers an opportunity to shape a nationally read publication with a long legacy and vibrant culture of ideas.