Executive Editor, Audience & Digital Growth

USA Today Co.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

USA TODAY is seeking an Executive Editor of Audience & Digital Production to lead the newsroom's digital audience strategy and production across platforms. This senior editor will drive signature digital experiences that grow reach, deepen engagement, and build reader loyalty.

Reporting to the SVP, the role designs a scalable operating model, leads a 23–30 person team of editors, producers and platform specialists, and drives data-driven decisions, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-pillar

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in digital newsrooms or audience/production teams.
• Proven track record driving audience growth across platforms.
• Strong fluency in audience analytics and translating data into decisions.
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and multi-team operating models.
• Comfort leading change and adopting new tools, including AI in production.

Responsibilities

• Own the audience strategy across platforms.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and guide editorial decisions with insights.
• Lead the Compass operating model for the audience and digital production teams.
• Plan tentpoles, live coverage, and daily look-ahead calendars.
• Partner across News, Entertainment, Sports, Opinion, Product, Sales and Brand to align priorities.
• Maintain editorial standards and brand voice from an audience perspective.

Skills

Leadership

Audience analytics

Digital production

Cross-functional collaboration

AI workflows

Job description

USA TODAY is seeking an Executive Editor of Audience & Digital Production to lead the newsroom's digital audience strategy and production across platforms. This senior editor will drive signature digital experiences that grow reach, deepen engagement, and build reader loyalty.

Reporting to the SVP, the role designs a scalable operating model, leads a 23–30 person team of editors, producers and platform specialists, and drives data-driven decisions, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-pillar