Managing Editor

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily publishing operations for thegrio.com

• Conduct daily and monthly news meetings, establishing priorities across various domains including news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle, and business

• Act as the editorial point of contact for staff writers, contributors, and freelancers

• Make critical decisions regarding coverage, aggregation, and timing for breaking news

• Ensure accuracy, sourcing, fairness, and corrections; escalate any legal or sensitivity concerns

• Perform line-editing and structural editing on news articles, features, essays, explainers, and video-related content

• Edit to align with theGrio's culturally fluent and direct voice

• Write and revise headlines, decks, and social media content that are optimized for search engines and audience engagement

• Uphold and enforce the house style guide

• Provide writers with constructive feedback for improvement

• Assess pitches, approve assignments, generate story ideas, and manage freelance projects

• Create a strategic mix of breaking news, service pieces, evergreen content, original stories, and significant events

• Manage the editorial calendar and plan for long-term coverage

• Collaborate with social media, newsletter, audience development, and commerce teams

• Utilize GA4, Google Search Console, Chartbeat, Google Trends, and social listening tools to guide assignments and enhance performance

• Monitor metrics such as pageviews, engaged time, returning readers, newsletter conversion, and revenue-related page performance

• Conduct weekly performance reviews for editorial leadership

• Experiment with headlines, images, publishing timings, and formats, documenting insights gained

• Employ AI tools for research synthesis, transcription, headline and SEO variations, summaries, alt text, tagging, metadata, style checks, and structural feedback

• Develop AI-assisted editorial workflows, train writers and editors, and enforce a thorough review and verification process

• Assist in shaping and maintaining standards for AI usage and disclosure

• Keep track of emerging tools and advocate for those enhancing quality or efficiency

• Collaborate with the Chief Content Officer and editorial leadership to devise coverage strategies

• Partner with social media, newsletters, ad sales, and commerce teams

• Uphold editorial standards for sponsored, branded, and partner content

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in digital editorial

• A minimum of 1–2 years of experience in assigning and editing others' work

• Proven excellence as an editor, including restructuring drafts, line-editing, and copy-editing

• In-depth, current understanding of Black culture, politics, and media

• Familiarity with theGrio's audience

• Proficiency in WordPress, Monday.com, and Slack

• Working knowledge of SEO principles and audience analytics

• Ability to utilize GA4 or Chartbeat to determine editorial actions

• Comfort with AI production tools and the discernment to know when not to employ them

• Strong news judgment, particularly under deadline pressure

• Organizational discipline in managing a calendar, freelance budget, and multiple stories

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Preferred: experience at a national digital news or cultural brand

• Preferred: background in managing freelance networks and contributor budgets

• Preferred: knowledge of social media production, distribution, and video workflows

• Preferred: experience in building or documenting editorial processes

• Preferred: background in politics, entertainment, business, lifestyle, or sports

• Preferred: enthusiasm for Black media and culture and alignment with theGrio's mission

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) plan

• Paid time off and holidays

• Parental leave

• Remote work opportunities

• Occasional travel for team meetings and coverage may be necessary in New York City and D.C.