Senior Editor, Vanity Fair

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanity Fair is seeking an experienced Senior Editor to join our award-winning editorial team in New York City. You will assign, edit, and publish stories on tight timelines with a sharp cultural sensibility and a strong voice across platforms.

The ideal candidate has extensive newsroom experience, a track record of building teams, and a talent for crafting incisive coverage. This is an in-office role reporting to the Deputy Editor.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in a fast-paced, news-driven environment.
• Balance daily deadlines with longer-lead stories across platforms.
• Experience managing a team and developing writers.
• CMS experience to publish high-volume daily content.
• Experience covering breaking news on a digital platform.
• Social media savvy with experience monitoring conversations.
• Strong prioritization and collaboration.
• Excellent writing and editing across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Assign and edit stories to make Vanity Fair the destination for readers interested in leading cultural figures.
• Play a critical role in cross-cultural coverage across platforms.
• Assist with liveblog planning and coverage of major events.
• Manage and develop a stable of top writers for print and digital.
• Contribute to VF's newsletters as writer and editor.
• Help develop Vanity Fair's distinctive voice across platforms.
• Oversee publication of book excerpts.
• Write and/or report as needed.
• Use traffic data and social feedback to optimize performance and growth.
• Collaborate across departments (photo, video, social, PR, audience development, etc.).

Skills

Strong writing skills

Team management

Collaborator & communicator

Deadline management

Social media savvy

Editorial leadership

Ability to spot original targets

Story assignment & editing

Tools

CMS

Job description

Vanity Fair holds a mirror to society by celebrating the best of global culture and investigating the forces that propel it. Pop culture can be profound and current affairs can be ridiculous. Our cast of characters is wide-ranging, wildly diverse, always exceptional, and quite often, with great style. In every medium, Vanity Fair harnesses the tensions of modern life.

Job Description

Location: New York, NY

Senior Editor, Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair is seeking an experienced and imaginative Senior Editor to join our award-winning editorial team. This role is ideal for a journalist who thrives on big ideas, has a sharp cultural sensibility, and knows how to tell a story that resonates across platforms.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can assign, edit, and publish stories on tight timelines, with foresight and enthusiasm. Applicants should be well acquainted with Vanity Fair's tradition of incisive coverage of cultural figures and power players across industries. Applicants should be able to incorporate the qualities of magazine journalism into regular digital coverage: crucial reporting, sharp analysis, lively writing, and distinctive headlines. This is an in-office position based in New York City and reports to the Deputy Editor.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assign and edit stories with an eye towards making Vanity Fair the destination for readers obsessed with the leading cultural figures of the day
• Play a critical role in Vanity Fair's cross-cultural coverage across platforms
• Assist with liveblog planning and coverage of major events, from film festivals to election nights to the VF Oscar Party.
• Manage and develop a stable of top-notch, go-to writers for both print and digital who can contribute on both long-lead and short-lead deadlines
• Contribute to VF's slate of newsletters as a writer and editor
• Help to develop and maintain Vanity Fair's distinctive voice across platforms
• Oversee the publication of book excerpts
• Write and/or report if situation calls
• Use traffic data and social-media feedback to optimize performance and maintain consistent growth
• Collaborate across departments including photo, video, social, PR, audience development, etc.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• At least five years' experience in a fast-paced, news-driven environment
• Ability to balance daily deadlines with longer-lead stories across platforms
• Experience managing a team and developing writers
• Experience using a CMS to publish a high volume of daily content
• Experience covering breaking news and/or current events on a digital platform
• Social media-savvy, with experience using social platforms to monitor conversations around major events
• Strong prioritization skills
• Experience overseeing content from brainstorm to deployment-approving ideas, sourcing art, scheduling posts, promotion on newsletters and social, etc.
• Strong writing skills
• Creative, and eager to contribute ideas constantly, spotting original targets and helping hone Vanity Fair's voice
• Fantastic collaborator and communicator
• Proven ability to use editorial feedback to improve work

The expected base salary range for this position is from $88,000-$165,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.