Editor

L.A. Material; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible time off

Job summary

L.A. Material seeks an expert, organized editor to help build our editorial offerings. You’ll edit the daily newsletter, featurettes, and longer investigations, and help generate story ideas while shaping editorial voice.

Based in Los Angeles, this full-time, hybrid role partners with editorial leadership to set strategy, nurture audience growth, and ensure rigorous, fair coverage. Strong LA knowledge and newsroom discipline are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years editing in a professional newsroom.
• Impeccable news judgment with rigor, accuracy and fairness.
• Innate, relentless organizational skills for a small operation.
• Ability to make smart, strategic assignments with audience interests in mind.
• Improve stories for clarity, fairness, structure and style.
• Expert line-editing finesse and sparkling, zippy copy.
• Write sharp headlines and deliver a satisfying editorial experience.
• Fascination with Los Angeles.
• Curiosity about the local news landscape in LA and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Edit daily newsletter and featurettes (short interviews, humor, culture) and longer investigations.
• Generate story ideas and work with editorial leadership to develop editorial strategy and voice.
• Help plan and shape coverage with a focus on Los Angeles.

Skills

Editing

Newsroom experience

Editorial strategy

Headline writing

Audience growth

Spanish language

Job description

L.A. Material is seeking an expert, organized and versatile editor to help us build L.A. Material and expand our editorial offerings.
Your responsibilities will include editing our daily newsletter, as well as some featurettes (short interviews, humor and culture pieces) and longer features and investigations. You'll also help generate story ideas, and work with editorial leadership to develop editorial strategy and voice. Ideal candidates will have experience covering and thinking deeply about Los Angeles. This is a full time staff position with benefits. The Role is L.A.-based, and we are a hybrid workplace (we currently work in-office a minimum of 2 days a week).

Basic Skills & Qualifications:

At least 5 years editing in a professional newsroom (more preferred).

Impeccable news judgment, and a commitment to rigor, accuracy and fairness.

Innate, relentless organizational skills - we're a small operation, and the ideal candidate will help keep us optimized and efficient.

The ability to make smart, strategic assignments, keeping the interests of our audience in mind.

The ability to improve stories - for clarity, fairness, structure and style.

Expert line-editing finesse, and the ability to keep our copy sparkling and zippy.

The ability to write sharp headlines that lure people to read our work, and a commitment to delivering a satisfying editorial experience once they do.

A fascination with Los Angeles.

Curiosity about the local news landscape as it's evolving in Los Angeles and across the nation.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

Years of experience living in and covering Los Angeles, and excellent antennae for what's interesting here.

Openness to potentially working a Sunday - Thursday schedule.

Experience editing a newsletter and supporting its editorial and audience growth.

Experience developing sticky recurring formats and features.

A track record of building audiences that follow your thinking and writing.

Experience on mic for radio or podcasts.

Fluent Spanish.

Competitive compensation packages will be based on experience and qualifications and have a target salary range of $105,000-$125,000.

Stock options program for full-time employees.

Medical, dental and vision insurance.

Flexible time off.

L.A. Material is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.