Culture Editor

Job Description

The Culture Editor oversees the production of The Culture Pages, the magazine's culture section. The Culture Pages is a space to be definitive, to say this is who and what is relevant in popular culture right now. It's a space that should make you think critically about ideas and consider a perspective you hadn't before. The magic is often in the details -- a clever sidebar or subhed, or the way a story is framed, can make the section come to life. It should both delight you and be unafraid to make a provocative argument.

WHO WE ARE

New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, and cultural events that are forever reshaping our world. The New York brand includes the groundbreaking magazine New York, which is published biweekly in print, and six thriving verticals: Intelligencer, delivering national news and sharp commentary on politics, business, technology, and media; the Cut, covering the conversations that matter most to women today; Vulture, the premier destination for culture news, criticism, and service; the Strategist, dedicated to shopping the internet smartly; Curbed, covering cities and city life; and Grub Street, home to food news and authoritative restaurant criticism.

New York Magazine is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
• Conceive of, assign, and edit stories for the print Culture section - a mix of profiles, essays, sidebars, process pieces, typically at 2500 words or less
• Work alongside another culture editor to plot the section as a whole, and the critics section of the pages
• Occasionally edit long-form culture features and cover story profiles
• Keep up-to-date on cultural news, events, and the release cycle
• Wrangle celebrities for coverage
• Work closely with Print Edit colleagues, from informing them of upcoming stories to collaborating on the layout of the section and the direction of photo shoots
• Plan the yearly Television and Fall Preview issues
• Produce occasional packages of stories around a single topic or theme
• Coordinate with Vulture and Cut editors on coverage plans
• Work with Vulture writers and assign freelance articles within budget constraints
• Occasionally assign web-only features

WHO YOU ARE
• At least five years' editing experience
• At least three years' working in journalism at a senior position
• Proven knowledge and interest in culture
• Adept at editing on both a story and a line level
• Contacts in the culture world
• A stable of freelance writers

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We've hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

This job is located at the New York Office.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range

$127,000 — $152,000 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rzb362-18-224-52-33-42 in your application.