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Senior Associate Editor Job at The Atlantic in New York

The Atlantic
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 3/11/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/11/2025

The Atlantic is seeking a senior associate editor to join our newsroom. This editor would be assigned to the audience engagement team, whose mission includes maximizing the reach and impact of our journalism, cultivating relationships with readers, building habit among them, and helping our newsroom understand our audiences better.

This journalist should be a strong manager and a strategic thinker who views the work of audience-building as a creative challenge. Impeccable judgment, excellent writing and editing skills, and agility are each a must.

The Atlantic is focused on helping new and existing readers to understand the value and power of the ideas, arguments, and expertise that have animated our writer-driven publication since its founding in 1857.

Responsibilities Will Include

  • Directly supervise one or more audience editors.
  • Work with the team’s senior editors to develop best-of-industry strategies for social media and programming strategies for effective distribution of The Atlantic’s journalism.
  • Refine workflows and logistical processes to ensure the most efficient execution of audience team duties.
  • Work with editors to maximize efforts on audience team initiatives, which may include newsletters, podcasts, video production, and more.
  • Work with the Insights team to test and evaluate performance across all platforms, communicate learnings to the team and the newsroom, and quickly execute needed improvements.
  • Experiment with creative ways to build and find audiences and grow The Atlantic’s presence.
  • Write, edit, and post presentation copy for Atlantic stories on platforms that may include our app, the home page, newsletters, and social media platforms.
  • Maintain our relationships with partner platforms (such as Apple News), helping our journalism reach a broad audience.
  • Support with team operations, which may include liaising with other departments, newsroom presentations, and more.

Qualities Of a Successful Candidate Include

  • 4 years experience operating news-branded social media accounts or digital platforms, including at least 1 year management experience.
  • Advanced editorial judgment.
  • Sophisticated understanding of the audience and media landscape, including emerging platforms.
  • Scrupulous attention to detail, including writing structure, mechanics, grammar, and spelling. Copy desk experience is a plus.
  • Experience working with editorial data and tracking tools (Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Looker).
  • A collegial, energetic, “yes and” approach to problem solving and creative endeavors.
  • The ability to manage time, communicate clearly both up and down management lines, accomplish both discrete tasks and longer-term projects on deadline, and switch easily between different duties.
  • Critical thinking, attention to process, and an appetite to experiment and explore.
  • Work Schedule

    The role will be for a Monday - Friday shift, and will involve occasional night, early morning, and weekend work.

    Salary

    Salary Minimum : $85,000; Salary Maximum : $95,000

    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.

    The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC ("The Atlantic") is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Atlantic is committed to diversity and encourages members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQ people, people of color, and people with disabilities. 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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    Salary : $85,000 - $95,000

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