West Coast Editor

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

📋 Description

• Oversee coverage for California and the West Coast, establishing editorial priorities while ensuring a balanced mix of breaking news, analysis, and enterprise journalism.

• Supervise and mentor reporters, assisting them in developing sources, refining story ideas, enhancing execution, and advancing their professional growth.

• Create data-driven content utilizing proprietary Centellic data along with multimedia storytelling techniques.

• Manage regional content operations, which include newsletters, daily story selection, audience engagement, and collaboration with other teams at Law.com.

• Lead significant editorial projects such as awards, surveys, rankings, special reports, and ongoing initiatives.

• Act as a representative of Law.com within the regional legal community, fostering relationships with law firm leaders, judges, bar organizations, and other essential stakeholders.

• Generate selected content, which includes articles, analyses, interviews, podcasts, and event programming.

• Collaborate with newsroom leaders across Law.com to link regional developments with wider national coverage.

⛳️ Requirements

• Exceptional news judgment and proficiency in establishing coverage priorities within a dynamic newsroom environment.

• Proven experience in effectively managing, coaching, or mentoring reporters.

• Capability to edit breaking news, analysis, and enterprise journalism with clarity and accuracy.

• Strong comprehension of the legal and litigation landscape, or the ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge.

• Innovative in presenting content through various formats including words, graphics, podcasts, and videos.

• Well-organized and adaptable to manage people, daily editing, and brand responsibilities simultaneously.

• Comfortable representing Law.com in meetings, events, and conversations with the legal community.

• Willingness and ability to produce selected content across formats such as writing, podcasts, interviews, and live events.

• Preferred experience in editing coverage pertaining to law, courts, business, or other intricate subject matters.

• Familiarity with California or other West Coast legal markets is preferred.

• Experience in managing newsletters, digital publications, or recurring editorial projects is advantageous.

• A track record of creating or contributing to written, audio, video, or event content is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• 15 vacation days, 12 company holidays, three personal days, one day to volunteer at a chosen organization, and an additional day off for your birthday each year.

• Selection from three Cigna health insurance plans, two dental plans, and vision coverage.

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) available.

• Comprehensive wellness program offered.

• Employer-paid life insurance.

• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Accident and critical illness insurance included.

• 401K and Roth retirement savings plans with employer matching contributions.

• Employee Referral Awards program.

• Tuition reimbursement available after one year of service.

• Commuter Benefits offered.