Social Media Editor

The New Yorker; New York (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

The New Yorker is seeking a Social-Media Editor to develop platform-native social treatments for its journalism across established and emerging platforms. You will write, edit, and produce social-native assets, including short-form video and platform-specific visuals, while collaborating with art, photo, video, editorial, audience development, and analytics teams.

You will guide daily publishing priorities, develop new social formats, provide creative direction, and help evolve best practices in

Qualifications

• Five or more years’ experience in social media, digital journalism, or editorial programming at a media organization.
• Excellent writing and editing skills with clear, engaging social copy.
• Strong editorial judgment and familiarity with The New Yorker’s voice and coverage.
• Extensive knowledge of social platforms and evolving formats.
• Ability to create platform-native social treatments for journalism, culture, humor, or news.

Responsibilities

• Develop platform-native social treatments for journalism across platforms.
• Write, edit, and produce social-native assets including video and visuals.
• Collaborate with art, photo, video, editorial, audience development, and analytics teams.
• Execute daily, weekly, and weekend publishing with platform-specific framing and copy.
• Develop new social-first formats, franchises, and recurring treatments.
• Provide editorial and creative guidance on post framing and asset development.
• Define social best practices for voice, visuals, and formats.
• Monitor trends and performance, adjusting editorial decisions accordingly.
• Contribute to social coverage of breaking news and major moments.
• Identify opportunities to leverage The New Yorker’s archive for storytelling.
• Support social assets for paid partnerships on organic channels.

Skills

Social media strategy

Editorial writing

Storytelling

Project management

Collaboration

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Dash Social

Analytics tools

Job description

Social-Media Editor, The New Yorker

Responsibilities

• Develop platform-native social treatments for New Yorker journalism across established and emerging platforms.
• Write, edit, and produce social-native assets, including short-form video, platform-specific visual packages, copy, and other creative materials.
• Work closely with art, photo, video, editorial, audience development, and analytics teams to develop and execute social treatments for major stories, packages, tentpoles, and editorial initiatives.
• Work with the Director of Social Media to execute daily, weekly, and weekend publishing priorities through strong platform-specific framing, copy, visuals, and formats.
• Develop and help lead new social-first formats, franchises, and other recurring or experimental treatments.
• Provide editorial and creative guidance to other team members on post framing, platform expression, asset development, and sensitive or complex story treatments.
• Help define, maintain, and evolve social best practices, including standards for voice, positioning, visual storytelling, video packaging, platform formats, and escalation.
• Monitor platform trends, audience behavior, and performance patterns, and recommend creative or editorial adjustments based on those insights.
• Contribute to social coverage of breaking news, major editorial moments, live events, and other time-sensitive programming as needed.
• Help identify opportunities to leverage The New Yorker’s archive for timely, creative, and platform-native social storytelling.
• Contribute to the production and refinement of social assets for paid partnerships that run on The New Yorker’s organic social channels, as assigned.
• Additional duties as required, or as assigned by manager.

Skills and Qualifications

• Five or more years’ experience in social media, digital journalism, audience development, video, or editorial programming at a media organization.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with a demonstrated ability to translate complex journalism into clear, accurate, engaging social copy.
• Strong editorial judgment and a deep familiarity with The New Yorker’s voice, standards, journalism, and areas of coverage.
• Extensive knowledge of social-media platforms, both established and emerging, and an ability to adapt quickly as platforms, formats, and audience behaviors change.
• Demonstrated ability to develop platform-native social treatments, formats, or packages for journalism, criticism, culture, humor, or news.
• Strong visual storytelling instincts and experience working with images, graphics, video, or other multimedia formats for social platforms.
• Experience producing or editing short-form social video, including Reels, TikToks, Stories, or similar formats.
• Familiarity with design, scheduling, and video tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Dash Social, or similar platforms.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and collaborators in a fast-paced editorial environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with editors, writers, designers, photo editors, video producers, audience-development colleagues, analytics teams, and other stakeholders.
• Familiarity with analytics and performance tools such as Google Analytics, Parse.ly, or similar platforms, and an ability to apply performance insights to creative and editorial decisions.
• Meticulous attention to detail, including accuracy, tone, grammar, image use, platform conventions, and editorial standards.
• A proactive, experimental, and solutions-oriented approach to social storytelling.
• Experience with motion graphics, illustration, audio, or more advanced video production is a plus.
• Willingness to work occasional early mornings, nights, weekends, or holidays as needed.

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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.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $88,000 - $90,500. 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.