Executive Editor, Fortune Magazine

Fortune Media (USA) Corporation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Generous paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Fortune Media (USA) Corporation seeks an experienced newsroom leader to shape high-impact storytelling across finance, tech, and business, guiding Fortune’s editorial leadership in New York. You will own and edit six print issues and multiple digital issues, coordinating with editors to deliver indispensable journalism for executives and investors.

You will build a distinctive mix of stories, guide reporters on trends, and secure interviews with Fortune 500 leaders for multiple platforms,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in business or financial journalism with a proven track record in editorial leadership and story development.
• Experience collaborating with ad sales and marketing to help editorial goals reach business targets.
• Deep understanding of how corporations operate—financially, strategically, and politically—and translating that into editorial vision.
• High emotional intelligence with strong feedback from writers and editors you've overseen.
• Extensive knowledge of major players and the ability to bring business leaders into Fortune’s universe.
• Ability to couple sharp news instincts with long-range enterprise journalism.

Responsibilities

• Set newsroom strategy and goals in close collaboration with the editor in chief and other executive editors.
• Lead the assembly of a distinctive mix of stories across print and digital issues while owning the six print issues and 8–10 digital issues per year.
• Conceive and edit exclusive reporting, analysis, profiles, investigations, and data-driven projects for C-suite readers.
• Guide reporters to identify key business trends using financial, market, and policy insights.
• Collaborate with editors across editions to align coverage and ensure Fortune’s standards.
• Secure interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs and major figures for multiple platforms.
• Moderate discussions at live events and in public appearances as Fortune’s voice.
• Oversee print production processes and coordination with third-party vendors.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Business journalism

CEO interviews

Editorial strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Public speaking

Networking with leaders

Job description

Fortune is seeking an experienced newsroom leader to help shape high-impact storytelling on a broad range of topics defining global business, as an integral part of Fortune’s editorial leadership team. This editor should have deep finance, tech and business knowledge and be capable of creating indispensable, must-read journalism for the smartest executives and investors in the world. They will help own, curate, and edit Fortune’s award-winning bimonthly print magazine and digital magazines and also guide regular newsroom coverage as the lead editorial executive in New York.

Responsibilities

• Work in close consultation with our editor in chief and other executive editors in setting strategy and goals across the newsroom.
• Work with Fortune’s features editor, photo editors and designers to assemble a rich, wide-ranging, and distinctive-looking mix of stories, taking full ownership of and responsibility for our six print magazine issues and 8 to 10 special “digital issues” per year.
• Conceive, assign, and edit a mix of stories outside of the print cycle including exclusive reporting, analysis, executive profiles, investigations, and data-driven projects that define the conversation in the C-suite and beyond.
• Work with editors across the newsroom to spot stories with big-swing potential and guide them to completion.
• Guide reporters in identifying and framing key business trends, leveraging financial, market, and policy insights to inform Fortune’s influential readership.
• Work with Fortune’s list owners, editors and research team to build coverage around our authoritative list franchises, including the Fortune 500, Global 500, Most Powerful Women in Business, and 100 Best Companies to Work For.
• Collaborate with Fortune's executive leadership and live-media team to align editorial coverage with event programming, highlighting the ideas, figures, and transformations shaping corporate America.
• Tap your own contacts to secure interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs and newsmakers, for digital, print, video platforms, and live journalism events.
• Appear on stage to moderate conversations with CEOs and top leaders.
• Coordinate with the editors of the Asia and Europe editions of the magazine to align coverage, share content, and uphold Fortune’s standards.
• Maintain high editorial standards of accuracy, insight, and storytelling that align with Fortune’s legacy of authoritative business journalism.

Qualifications

• Has 10+ years of deep experience in business or financial journalism, with a strong record of editorial leadership and story development.
• Has a track record of working with ad sales and marketing departments to help editorial operations reach their business goals.
• Brings a sophisticated understanding of how corporations operate—strategically, financially, and politically—and can translate that knowledge into an ambitious editorial vision.
• Has high EQ and receives rave reviews from writers and editors you have managed in the past.
• Has a vast knowledge of business and who the major players are; has deep contacts and ability to bring major business leaders into the Fortune universe.
• Combines sharp news instincts with long-range planning capabilities, excelling at both quick-turn analysis and major enterprise journalism.
• Demonstrates an ability to collaborate effectively across editorial, design, video, and events teams.
• Is comfortable serving as a “voice of Fortune” in public-speaking roles, at live events, and in internal and external media appearances.
• Understands and contributes to what makes Fortune distinctive: authoritative, agenda-setting journalism that leads conversations among business leaders and innovators worldwide.
• Has experience working in print media, with fluency in the processes of page design, photography assigning and copy editing, and comfort with print-production deadlines.
• Has experience collaborating with third-party vendors in printing and magazine distribution.

Location: This role will be based in NYC in our headquarters five days per week.

Salary Range: $200,000 - $225,000. This range is a good faith estimate and may ultimately vary based on a number of relevant factors.

A Few Of Fortune’s Perks And Benefits

• 20 vacation days and 2 personal days on top of 11 company holidays and an honor-based sick leave policy
• Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), along with flexible spending accounts where Fortune contributes to your HSA 401(k) plan
• Generous parental leave
• Dependent care, commuter, and cell phone benefits
• Tuition reimbursement program
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

About Fortune

About Fortune At Fortune Media, our mission is to change the world by making business better.

We achieve that by providing trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking and world-class community building. And our key values are humility, ownership, and transparency.

The policy of Fortune Media is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Fortune Media affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion.

Fortune Media is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling.

Fortune’s mission is to drive the conversation about business. With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and that will matter even more tomorrow. With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce and society around the world, Fortune lights the path for global leaders—and gives them the tools to make business better.

Our values inform our mission. We believe that business can be a powerful platform for good, and we are committed to holding it to that standard.