Senior Editor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Identify timely, pertinent, and newsworthy research narratives from top universities and research organizations.

• Assess submissions and craft story angles, headlines, framing, and narratives tailored for the audience.

• Oversee and sustain a well-rounded editorial calendar across various institutions and subject matters.

• Participate in special editorial projects, thematic coverage, and collaborative research features involving multiple institutions.

• Edit articles for precision, clarity, readability, engagement, and accessibility.

• Convert intricate academic research into clear and engaging content suitable for general audiences.

• Confirm facts, study results, quotes, sources, links, and attributions.

• Consistently apply editorial, ethical, legal, and stylistic standards.

• Offer constructive feedback to contributors.

• Publish and manage content using Futurity's content management system.

• Optimize headlines, summaries, metadata, images, captions, and content presentation.

• Ensure stories comply with accessibility, SEO, usability, and mobile-readiness standards.

• Monitor and revise published content as necessary.

• Collaborate with university communications teams, researchers, writers, and institutional contributors.

• Coordinate publication materials, permissions, visuals, and supporting assets.

• Assist in story distribution through newsletters, social media, search, and emerging channels.

• Analyze audience engagement, website performance, and content effectiveness.

• Manage editorial workflows from submission to publication.

• Uphold and enhance editorial standards, processes, and quality controls.

• Contribute to multimedia storytelling, newsletter initiatives, and innovations in digital content.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Science Writing, English, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Three to five years of experience in editing or producing digital content within journalism, science communication, higher education, research communications, or similar settings.

• Outstanding editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and headline-writing abilities.

• Strong news judgment coupled with the ability to identify captivating stories from complex topics.

• Proven success in writing and editing content for wide public audiences.

• Experience managing multiple deadlines while ensuring accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.

• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills.

• Dedication to accuracy, fairness, transparency, and responsible research communication.

• Preferred: experience working with universities, research institutions, or academic organizations.

• Preferred: background in science journalism, research communications, or scholarly publishing.

• Preferred: familiarity with digital publishing systems, analytics platforms, and search optimization techniques.

• Preferred: experience utilizing audience insights to guide editorial strategy.

• Preferred: knowledge of AP Style or similar editorial standards.

• Preferred: experience editing multimedia, newsletters, social media, or visual content.

• Preferred: understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive digital publishing practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental care programs.

• Generous retirement benefits.

• Family-friendly and cultural programs.

• Remote work arrangement.