Executive Editor, Audience & Digital Experience

USA TODAY Co., Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is seeking an Executive Editor of Audience & Digital Production to lead audience strategy and newsroom digital production across platforms.

This role requires driving growth in reach, engagement, and loyalty, reporting to the SVP, and building a scalable operating system for digital journalism. The role oversees a 24/7 central desk, pillar teams, platform owners, and a high-caliber team to deliver high-impact stories with speed, clarity, and integrity across web, apps,

Qualifications

• Executive leadership experience in digital news and newsroom operations.
• Strong fluency in audience analytics, platform dynamics, and data-driven decision making.
• Experience building scalable digital journalism operating models and teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the audience strategy across platforms to grow reach, engagement, and subscriptions.
• Oversee performance metrics for the audience and digital production ecosystem across pillars and platforms.
• Lead the Compass operating model and manage a 23-30 person team of editors, producers, and platform specialists.
• Plan tentpole coverage and live moments, ensuring rapid, high-quality digital publishing across channels.
• Partner cross-functionally to align audience priorities with business objectives and strategy.
• Champion AI-enabled workflows and experimentation to improve speed, quality, and scalability.
• Define reporting structures, decision rights, and accountability across the newsroom leadership.

Job description

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is seeking an Executive Editor of Audience & Digital Production to lead audience strategy and newsroom digital production across platforms.

This role requires driving growth in reach, engagement, and loyalty, reporting to the SVP, and building a scalable operating system for digital journalism. The role oversees a 24/7 central desk, pillar teams, platform owners, and a high-caliber team to deliver high-impact stories with speed, clarity, and integrity across web, apps,