Life and Culture Editor, Singapore

Insider Inc. launched a global news bureau in Singapore in January 2021. We’re a team of 9 people split across news, business, and lifestyle desks. We’re looking for an editor who has a knack for telling stories in a conversational way and who wants to set the vision for Insider’s lifestyle coverage out of Asia. This is a full-time position based in Singapore. We want you to help us answer questions like: What are millennials in China buying? What’s the most fascinating real-estate story in Japan right now? How has travel in Thailand changed because of the pandemic? What’s going on with all of Malaysia’s abandoned real-estate projects? What new status symbols are evolving among APAC’s 1%? That’s in addition to covering any major lifestyle news that breaks in the US overnight. This is a lifestyle desk with business undertones, and we are looking to create, not follow, the news cycle. The editor will report directly to the bureau chief. To start, you will manage two reporters (real estate and visual features beats). You will also be given a freelance budget and asked to regularly commission stories from reporters across the APAC region. The best candidate for this role has the ability to toggle between macro-level strategizing and micro-level execution. In addition to the above, themes you’ll be asked to commission stories on include travel, youth culture, and wealth.