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We are seeking a Social Editor to help manage a suite of New York Magazines social accounts. You should have a strong grasp of the social landscape, its various platforms & audiences, & constantly evolving trends.
WHO WE ARE
The Editorial team is at the core of everything New York Magazine does. Our six verticals & award-winning magazine strike the perfect balance of content thats smart & funny so that our readers know everything they need to navigate urban life & the fast-moving culture, whether thats politics, culture, food, shopping, or style trends. Editors aim to create stories & magazine events that are sharp, provocative, memorable, useful, and, at turns, both playful & serious.
New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, & cultural events that are forever reshaping our world. The New York brand includes the groundbreaking magazine New York, which is published biweekly in print, & six thriving verticals: Intelligencer, delivering national news & sharp commentary on politics, business, technology, & media; the Cut, covering the conversations that matter most to women today; Vulture, the premier destination for culture news, criticism, & service; the Strategist, dedicated to shopping the internet smartly; Curbed, covering cities & city life; & Grub Street, home to food news & authoritative restaurant criticism.
New York Magazine is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about whats now, whats next, & whats possible.
As a community of journalists & storytellers, business professionals, creators & technologists, we believe it is a moral & business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, & inclusion throughout our organization & media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, & our platforms, products, & partnerships.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Manage a suite of off-platform accounts. Youll be responsible for their engagement, growth, & voice. You must have strong news judgment, sharp editorial sensibility, & a sense of humor.
- Manually curate & frame stories for various platforms & audiences on a daily basis. Package & translate our journalism to feel native to the platforms on which they are published & without sacrificing editorial voice & integrity.
- Participate in off-platform conversations in service of making our accounts feel relevant & timely.
- Work under direction of Editorial Director of Audience to refine strategy across accounts & closely monitor performance & identify new potential audiences we should reach.
- Pitch & execute quick turnaround platform-first ideas & franchises as bandwidth allows.
- Experiment with, & craft best practices for, new & emerging digital spaces as assigned.
- Collaborate with a team of audience editors to coordinate on posting strategy & framing for different audiences & accounts.
- Assist in programming of the New York Magazine app.
- Assist in establishing team workflows, platform setup, maintaining a news calendar, coverage of off-platform accounts, newsletter production, community management, homepage programming, & other coverage or responsibilities as needed.
- Collaborate & deliver on regular reporting & insights that can help inform assigning, packaging, & larger audience strategy.
- Be flexible to the demands of a newsroom schedule. This role will require working some nights and/or weekends, in response to the news cycle.
WHO YOU ARE
- Strong writing & editing skills, impeccable attention to detail, & an intolerance for errors
- Prior experience growing an audience
- Strong editorial & news judgment
- A sharp sense of humor
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite & Figma
- Strong understanding of analytics & social media trends across platforms
- 2-3 years of experience
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! Weve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, & sommeliers who became writers.
WHERE YOULL WORK
This job is hybrid, & is expected to come into the office in New York, NY.
WHY VOX MEDIA?
WHAT WE OFFER
This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.
This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company & The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.
OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves & create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products & services come from people with all manner of backgrounds & experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work & sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights & best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency & communication. Learn more about our values here, & our approach to corporate citizenship here.
Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer & qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).
WHAT COMES NEXT
Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, & how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.
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