Senior Editor

This is a full-time position with competitive benefits and salary. Our office is in the historic Bradbury building is downtown Los Angeles, but we will also consider remote workers.
Responsibilities:
~Report to and work closely with the executive editor on digital and print
~Commission primarily essays (many longform) — but also interviews and reportage — on policy, climate change, economics, technology, culture, philosophy and geopolitics
~Assign and stay on track of deadlines
~Edit pieces from start to finish, including developmental editing, backfielding (sometimes significantly reworking or asking for rewrites or additions) and copy editing
~Write sharp heds and deks
~Work with the art editor to make sure that the original art they commission reflects the nuances of the written work for each piece
~Strategize with the audience growth editor on how best to promote each piece
~Load and publish pieces into our CMS
~Find and recruit new authors to add to our freelance author base
~Because we are a small team, we all pitch in on varied tasks, which may include working with engineers to make changes to the CMS when needed, submitting for awards, occasionally fact-checking, etc.