Senior Editor

Job 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.

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

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
 

About The Atlantic:

The Atlantic has, for more than 160 years, advanced ideas that matter and sparked global conversation on the most important issues of our time. We aim to bring clarity and original thinking to questions of consequence, on topics ranging from politics, the economy, and global affairs to technology, science, and culture. As the third-longest-running magazine in America, we find ourselves at a remarkable moment: one of both continuation and transformation, of upholding our legacy while continuously reinventing ourselves for the future.

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The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC and its affiliates ("The Atlantic") are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.  

Job offers to work at The Atlantic are contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of reference checks and compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy. The Atlantic requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, and submit proof of vaccination status. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief may request an accommodation (e.g., an exemption) to this requirement.

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