Editor-in-Chief

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the editorial strategy and establish direction for robotics, artificial intelligence, automation, enabling technologies, emerging applications, and the business aspects of robotics.

• Balance timely news with original reporting, technical analysis, practical business insights, and unique enterprise stories.

• Ensure accuracy, fairness, sourcing, and editorial independence.

• Create an editorial strategy that enhances editors’ authority and voice while fostering a loyal readership and engaged communities.

• Transform The Robot Report across various content formats and delivery methods.

• Conceptualize, propose, and implement editorial products such as reports, rankings, data initiatives, research projects, and special series.

• Generate original reporting, interviews, features, analyses, and daily news content.

• Cultivate relationships with developers, manufacturers, technology providers, researchers, policymakers, and other key sources.

• Assign and edit content from staff, freelancers, and contributors.

• Manage the editorial calendar encompassing daily coverage, long-term projects, newsletters, multimedia, and events.

• Coordinate with staff, freelancers, and contributors while providing direction and feedback.

• Utilize audience and content performance analytics along with AI to enhance productivity.

• Collaborate with audience development, production, marketing, and commercial teams while maintaining editorial standards.

• Lead and contribute to newsletters.

• Develop, host, and moderate webinars and podcasts.

• Attend trade shows, conferences, and project sites for coverage.

• Engage with readers through professional networks and industry discussions.

• Assist in creating editorial agendas for live events and work alongside event teams and industry partners.

• Host and moderate keynotes, panels, and discussions related to technical and business topics.

• Take ownership of audience growth as a key editorial priority and be responsible for related editorial KPIs.

• Formulate audience growth strategies and proposals, and initiate and assess projects with cross-functional colleagues.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in journalism, editorial leadership, content strategy, or a related discipline.

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, English, or a related field.

• Proven track record in reporting, writing, and editing within B2B, trade, business, technical, or energy journalism.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage contributors, deadlines, and multiple projects while remaining a proactive producer.

• Excellent news judgment with the capacity to differentiate significant developments from promotional claims.

• Curiosity and a technical understanding to effectively cover robotics, AI, and enabling technologies.

• Confidence in interviewing experts, moderating discussions, and representing a media brand in public settings.

• Experience in creating or overseeing newsletters, webinars, podcasts, or event programming.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with the skill to translate audience needs into actionable editorial concepts.

• Strong organizational and collaborative abilities, with comfort in using audience data without compromising relevance or trust.

• Sound judgment regarding sourcing, conflicts of interest, and the separation of editorial and sponsored content.

• Valuable experience in covering robotics or related technical markets; managing recognition programs or industry research; and launching or expanding an editorial product, community, or event.

• Capable of working effectively in a remote setting, with travel for industry events, company meetings, and coverage as necessary.

• Submission of résumé, selected reporting and editing samples, a brief statement outlining the approach to leading The Robot Report, and an example of an editorial product, series, program, or event developed is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary along with performance-based incentives.

• Premium medical, dental, vision, and other health insurance plans.

• Fully vested 401(k) matching contributions.

• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, floating holidays, bereavement, and 12 office holidays.

• Flexible working hours.

• Supportive work/life balance and paid parental leave.

• Remote work environment.

• Collaborative, dedicated, and fast-paced team culture.

• Opportunities to build relationships with senior executives across the healthcare sector.

• Career development within a growing B2B media, events, data, and marketing organization.