Senior Editor, News & Politics, Vanity Fair

undefined ago • 3-5 Years • $92,500 PA - $145,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Vanity Fair seeks a Senior Editor, News & Politics, a self-starter capable of assigning, editing, and publishing stories on tight deadlines. The role involves incisive coverage of political and industry power players, incorporating crucial reporting, sharp analysis, lively writing, and distinctive headlines into daily digital content. This in-office position in New York City reports to the editor of the Hive, focusing on making VF.com a premier destination for politics, media, tech, and business enthusiasts.
Must have:
  • Assign and edit stories to make VF.com a destination for politics, media, tech, and business readers.
  • Play a critical role in Vanity Fair’s politics, news, and election coverage across platforms.
  • Manage and develop a stable of top-notch writers for print and digital content.
  • Plan and write the Hive newsletter.
  • Oversee the publication of book excerpts.
  • Write and/or report when necessary.
  • Use traffic data and social-media feedback to optimize performance and growth.
  • Collaborate across departments including photo, video, social, PR, and audience development.
Good to have:
  • Ability to balance daily deadlines with longer-lead stories
  • Social media savvy
  • Strong prioritization skills
  • Content oversight from brainstorm to deployment
  • Strong writing skills
  • Creativity and idea contribution
  • Collaboration and communication skills
  • Ability to incorporate editorial feedback

Job Details

Vanity Fair holds a mirror to society by celebrating the best of global culture and investigating the forces that propel it. Pop culture can be profound and current affairs can be ridiculous. Our cast of characters is wide-ranging, wildly diverse, always exceptional, and quite often, with great style. In every medium, Vanity Fair harnesses the tensions of modern life.

Vanity Fair seeks a senior editor, news & politics. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can assign, edit, and publish stories on tight timelines, with foresight and enthusiasm. Applicants should be well acquainted with Vanity Fair’s tradition of incisive coverage of political and industry power players and be able to incorporate the qualities of magazine journalism into daily digital coverage: crucial reporting, sharp analysis, lively writing, and distinctive headlines. This is an in-office position based in New York City and reports to the editor of the Hive.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Assign and edit stories with an eye towards making VF.com the destination for readers obsessed with politics, media, tech, and business
  • Play a critical role in Vanity Fair’s politics, news, and election coverage across platforms, helping oversee campaign reporting, editing stories on debate and election nights and contributing to liveblog planning and launch for major events
  • Manage and develop a stable of top-notch, go-to writers for both print and digital who can contribute on both long-lead and short-lead deadlines
  • Plan and write the Hive newsletter
  • Oversee the publication of book excerpts
  • Write and/or report if situation calls
  • Use traffic data and social-media feedback to optimize performance and maintain consistent growth
  • Collaborate across departments including photo, video, social, PR, audience development, etc.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

  • At least three–five years’ experience in a fast-paced, news-driven environment
  • Ability to balance daily deadlines with longer-lead stories across platforms
  • Experience managing a team and developing writers
  • Experience using a CMS to publish a high volume of daily content
  • Experience covering breaking news and/or current events on a digital platform
  • Social media-savvy, with experience using social platforms to monitor conversations around major events
  • Strong prioritization skills
  • Experience overseeing content from brainstorm to deployment—approving ideas, sourcing art, scheduling posts, promotion on newsletters and social, etc.
  • Strong writing skills
  • Creative, and eager to contribute ideas constantly, spotting original targets and helping hone Vanity Fair’s voice
  • Fantastic collaborator and communicator
  • Proven ability to use editorial feedback to improve work

This is a guild position.

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