Senior Social Media Editor: Platform-native Storytelling

Condé Nast; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

The New Yorker, a Condé Nast publication, is seeking a creative Social Media Editor to shape how its journalism appears across social platforms. This role writes, edits, and produces social-native assets, collaborating with editorial, art, video, audience, and analytics teams to craft platform-native expressions of The New Yorker’s stories.

The ideal candidate is a strong writer and digital storyteller with a keen eye for journalistic voice, and the ability to translate content into distinctive

Qualifications

• Five or more years in social media, digital journalism, or editorial programming at a media organization.
• Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to translate journalism into social copy.
• Strong editorial judgment and familiarity with The New Yorker’s voice and standards.
• Deep knowledge of social platforms and ability to adapt to changing formats and audience behavior.
• Experience producing platform-native social treatments and short-form video.

Responsibilities

• Develop platform-native social treatments for New Yorker journalism across platforms.
• Write, edit, and produce social-native assets including short-form video and visuals.
• Collaborate with art, photo, video, editorial, audience development, and analytics teams.
• Execute daily/weekly publishing priorities with strong framing, copy, and visuals.
• Develop new social-first formats, franchises, and recurring treatments.
• Offer editorial and creative guidance on post framing and brand-appropriate storytelling.

Skills

Social media experience

Editorial writing

Video production

Analytics familiarity

Platform-native storytelling

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Dash Social

Google Analytics

Parse.ly

Job description

The New Yorker, a Condé Nast publication, is seeking a creative Social Media Editor to shape how its journalism appears across social platforms. This role writes, edits, and produces social-native assets, collaborating with editorial, art, video, audience, and analytics teams to craft platform-native expressions of The New Yorker’s stories.

The ideal candidate is a strong writer and digital storyteller with a keen eye for journalistic voice, and the ability to translate content into distinctive