Editor

Overview

• Managing and supporting reporters through editorial brainstorming and execution.
• Owning the company's vision and communicating it clearly to your teams.
• Experimenting with and leveraging AI to drive workflow efficiencies.
• Story and newsletter editing in our Smart Brevity style.
• Write stories and newsletter items when needed.

Responsibilities

• Managing and supporting reporters through editorial brainstorming and execution.
• Owning the company's vision and communicating it clearly to your teams.
• Experimenting with and leveraging AI to drive workflow efficiencies.
• Story and newsletter editing in our Smart Brevity style.
• Write stories and newsletter items when needed.

Qualifications

• Preferably located in the Phoenix area and/or has a deep familiarity with it.
• Experience in a fast-paced newsroom. (Experience editing daily newsletters is a plus.)
• A deep understanding of the greater Phoenix area and what topics are important to the people who live there.
• Sharp story framing skills, and the ability to help reporters craft conceptual scoops.
• Strong conversational writing skills, and the ability to coach reporters to write conversationally.
• Confidence working in a remote-first environment.
• Experience managing reporters at varying levels of seniority.
• A belief in Smart Brevity.
• The desire to help make your teams indispensable to local readers.

Soft Skills

• Coaching
• Communication
• Confidence in Remote Work