Social Media Editor, Opinion

The Boston Globe’s Opinion section is hiring an editor to manage its social media channels and off-platform publishing, part of a company-wide push to place audience and community at the center of the Globe’s journalism. This editor should be a savvy digital journalist who intuitively understands how to convey opinion and news natively over social media. They should be capable of writing posts in sharp, concise language, and deftly employ photos, graphics, videos, gifs, and other visuals to communicate with users. This will entail summarizing our editorials, columns, op-eds, Sunday Ideas essays and letters — whether from the left, right or center — in succinct, accurate, and compelling ways. The goal will be to amplify our impact and ensure that our writers’ distinctive arguments stand out in a crowded sea of feeds. We will also look to this editor to unlock the full potential of these platforms, going beyond straightforward posts to experiment with spaces, reels, moments, groups, and other publishing products. They will be counted on to utilize audience targeting and other advanced tools to connect with high-interest readers, build community, engage readers and foster conversation. This editor will report to the editorial page editor, but also be part of a newly imagined audience team in the Globe newsroom. They will also liaise closely with partners on our marketing team and other departments on a wide range of initiatives, to ensure consistency in our approach and mission.