Senior Editor

Position description

The Atlantic is seeking a creative and entrepreneurial senior editor to work on ambitious feature stories for both the print magazine and the website. The editor will be expected to generate story ideas, guide writers through the reporting and writing process, and ensure that the resulting stories have depth, integrity, and style. This person will need impeccable editorial judgment and devotion to the craft of writing.

Key responsibilities:

• Assigning and editing feature stories for both the print magazine and the website

• Working closely with both staff writers and freelancers; expanding our network of contributors

• Helping to ensure that our coverage is compelling, thoughtful, original, and maximally ambitious

• Shepherding pieces through copyedit and fact-checking; working with teams across the newsroom to enhance the presentation and distribution of stories

• Guiding and mentoring more junior editors; offering suggestions and ideas to colleagues across the newsroom

This position can be based in either New York City or Washington, DC.

Salary minimum: $100,000; Salary maximum: $175,000

This is a Guild position
 

Qualifications

• Significant experience assigning and editing major feature stories, including narratives, profiles, and argued essays

• Editorial imagination and intellect; an eye for original ideas

• Large and varied network of writers, scholars, and other potential contributors

• A record of publishing writers of diverse backgrounds

• Ability to guide writers to do their best work

• A knack for display copy and other elements of magazine packaging and web publishing

Application instructions

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