Senior Editor, Social

POLITICO; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

POLITICO is seeking a senior editor and producer to play a key role in our North American social media team, focused on off-platform growth and expanding reach across formats and platforms. The Supervising Editor will manage a small DC-based team of social producers working with text, video, and images.

The role emphasizes growing social audiences, partnering with newsroom leaders, and applying social best practices to scale impact while maintaining journalistic independence.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in social media, newsroom experience is required.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and using data to test theories and measure success with iteration.

Responsibilities

• Manage our social accounts, social team and schedule (holidays, weekends etc.).
• Develop best practices for each platform to drive audiences back to our site and keep them engaged.
• Create social strategies and playbooks for breaking news and policy coverage.
• Train newsroom leaders, reporters and producers on social best practices and be the lead voice on new innovations.
• Work with product & tech teams to identify and implement social workflow improvements.
• Share insights with data and audience teams.
• Participate in daily coverage planning and provide audience insights.
• Collaborate cross-functional teams to analyze audience data and trends.

Skills

Social media

Newsroom experience

Data-driven

Strong writing

Headline writing

Leadership

Job description

Job Description

POLITICO is seeking a senior editor and producer to play a key role in our North American social media team - to help expand the reach of our journalism, connecting with new audiences across a variety of formats and platforms. This role is focused on off-platform growth. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in growing our social audiences in strategic ways that drive our business goals, bringing social best practices to the newsroom and partnering with newsroom leaders to scale our social channels' impact. This person will also be key in building the brand across key platforms and assessing new opportunities as they arise. The Supervising Editor will manage a small team of DC-based social producers working with text, video, and images.

Who You Are

• You have sharp news judgment and understand the people, policies and power shaping Washington.
• You know how to make complex stories compelling and accessible across social platforms
• You’re energized by breaking news, audience growth and finding new ways to distribute journalism
• You use data to make smart social decisions
• You’re a strong writer with an instinct for headlines, visuals and platform-specific storytelling
• You’re a collaborative manager and leader who can set direction, develop a team and stay calm under pressure

What You'll Do

• Manage our social accounts, social team and schedule (holidays, weekends etc.)
• Develop best practices for each platform, with an eye towards using social platforms to drive audiences back to our site and keep them engaged once they’re on our site
• Create social strategies and playbooks for breaking news, key policy coverage areas, enterprise projects, etc
• Train newsroom leaders, reporters and producers on social best practices and be the lead voice on new innovations or changes the newsroom should be aware of
• Work closely with product & tech teams to identify & implement social workflow improvements and tools across our website and app
• Regularly share insights and takeaways with data and audience teams
• Participate in daily coverage planning and be a voice for our audience
• Collaborate cross-functional teams to analyze audience data, identify trends, and provide timely recommendations that contribute to informed journalistic decisions
• Maintain off-platform standards and journalistic independence
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in content creation, delivery, and audience engagement based on data analysis
• Stay aware of social media trends, innovations, and best practices and incorporate them into the newsroom's workflow

What You'll Need

• 3-5 years of experience in social media, newsroom experience is required
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and using data to independently test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success via iteration and with attention to detail
• Strong writing skills, and experience drafting compelling headlines and polished copy across a variety of formats
• Excellent news judgment: This candidate will have to respond in breaking and fast-moving scenarios and cover a wide-variety of subject matters responsibly and fairly
• Specific experience with social video is a strong plus

Compensation

• $100,000-$120,000 Annual Base
• The final salary offered will be based on factors including relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.

About Us

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals - Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York - form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. Learn more about Axel Springer.

Posting Date

2026-08-28

Title

Senior Editor, Social