Senior Editor, Boston Magazine

Job Description

Job Description

About Us:

Boston magazine is a regional media brand that produces award-winning journalism in print, digital, and social media as well as our area’s best-in-class live and virtual events. From personalities to politics, city life to society, and culture to real estate, our brand sparks and influences the most important local conversations of the day. With a dedication to sumptuous design, in-depth storytelling, and indispensable service—including our Weddings and Home magazines—we help our audience develop a deep, personal connection to their hometown and catapult captivating stories and ideas into the spotlight. In addition to our premium content, including our beloved “Best Of” franchises, we also produce our region’s premier experiences, such as our signature Best Of and Taste events.

Job Description:

This role requires an extensive track record writing and editing longform narrative journalism—magazine features of 4,000 words or more. If that’s not the bulk of your work experience, please don’t apply. We mean it.

Still reading? Then you might be exactly who we’re looking for. Boston magazine is hiring a Senior Editor to join one of the nation’s finest city magazines. In this important leadership role, the Senior Editor will assign and edit well features and front-of-book articles; regularly write deeply reported longform stories; cultivate a stable of freelance writers; and contribute the kind of ideas, energy, and passion that will help our award-winning magazine continue to get even better.

We’re looking for someone with at least 8 years’ experience where longform has been the center of your career, not an occasional assignment, a proven ability to edit and write superior longform narrative magazine features of 4,000 words or more, a sharp eye for magazine stories and storytelling, and a deep knowledge of Boston, its players, and why it’s the greatest city on earth.

In your application, please include links to at least three longform features (4,000+ words) you’ve written or edited, with a brief note on your specific role in each.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, assign, and edit longform magazine features.
• Regularly contribute to the magazine and website.
• Oversee and grow a roster of top freelance writers and oversee their work quality.
• Find, report, and write several longform features each year.
• Work collaboratively with a small, tight-knit editorial and art team.
• Produce our weekly longform newsletter.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of editorial experience in longform writing and editing.
• Proven ability to edit and write long-form narrative features.
• A healthy respect for deadlines and working efficiently.
• Knowledge of and appreciation for Boston (or willingness to learn quickly).
• Ability to collaborate across the edit team with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain professional relationships inside and outside of the workplace.
• An admirable work ethic, proven time management skills, and an obsession with producing top-quality work.
• Team-player (non-negotiable).
• Sense of humor (also non-negotiable).
• A willingness to adapt and be audience focused, with a curious mindset and a commitment to creating an inclusive work environment

Boston magazine is a remote workplace. However, due to the nature of the work, this position is based in Boston, and candidates should be based in the area, willing to move, or willing to travel frequently at their own expense.

The annual salary for this role is $80,000 - $92,000.

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EEO Statement: At Boston Globe Media, our mission is to empower, connect, and convene our communities with independent, trusted journalism and storytelling. We know a critical part of achieving this is by having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. Boston Globe Media is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes candidates and colleagues of all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and skills.