The New Yorker is Seeking an Energetic, Visionary Editor to Help Lead Our Cultural Coverage Across the Website and Print Magazine

This is a new role that calls for a skillful editor who is attuned to a broad range of cultural pursuits and is especially thoughtful about digital strategy.

Please include a cover letter with your resume to be considered.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with senior leadership of the magazine, create a unified vision for The New Yorker’s cultural coverage and how it is presented to readers online, including commentary and criticism, reporting, interviews, and recommendations.
• Oversee the magazine’s daily cultural report, insuring that there is a strong editorial mix and that the work is of the highest quality.
• Help generate ideas for stories, regular coverage, and critical essays.
• Keep abreast of developments in cultural life from film to books, television to theatre, and more.
• Be a strong, collaborative, and empathetic manager and editorial leader.
• Read widely to identify and recruit new writers of talent and diversity and help them thrive once they are here.
• Assign and edit a mix of reporting, commentary, and criticism by staff and contributing writers and other contributors.
• Lead a team of editors and assist with their career development.

Skills and Qualifications

• At least ten years of experience as a culture editor, reporter, or writer.
• A proven track record of leading teams of editors and writers.
• Ability to edit long-form reported features, as well as cultural criticism and commentary, essays, and personal histories, with speed, skill, and clarity.
• Relationships with a diverse network of writers.
• Deep familiarity with The New Yorker, its style, and its writers.
• Ability to respond quickly and decisively to cultural events and suggest original and interesting story ideas and angles of coverage.
• Strong diplomatic skills and ability to manage a variety of stakeholders.
• Willingness to work some early mornings, late nights, weekends, and holidays.

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