Deputy Editor, Future Perfect @ Vox Media
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About Vox Media
Vox Media employees thrive on innovation and change while ambitiously seeking to master their subject areas, hone their craft, and improve their communities. At Vox, smart, talented, creative professionals make a meaningful impact in media, technology, and the world.
About Future Perfect
Future Perfect covers the world through the lens of effective altruism, highlighting neglected stories that impact billions of humans and animals. It asks: what truly matters in a complex world?
Role Overview
Vox is seeking a Deputy Editor for Future Perfect. In this permanent full-time role, you will drive daily coverage, oversee a freelance program, and manage three staff writers. You will assist the Future Perfect Editor in overall section management and step in as lead during their absence.
- Manage and edit three staff writers focusing on key subjects.
- Edit the biweekly newsletter on Processing Meat.
- Assist with setting and maintaining daily and long-term priorities.
- Commission and edit occasional special pieces.
Key Subject Areas
- Global poverty and public health
- Existential threats and technological risks
- Animal welfare and factory farming
- Progress studies and evidence-based policies
- Artificial intelligence and biotechnology
- Philanthropy, altruism, and ethics
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years' experience editing or equivalent.
- Strong managerial philosophy and communication skills.
- Passion for mentoring, managing and editing writers.
- Ability to produce analytical, sharp angle stories.
- Enthusiasm for research across multiple disciplines.
Application Process
Submit a résumé, cover letter, and 3-5 writing/editing clips. Address in your cover letter why Vox's Future Perfect appeals to you and share your management and mentoring philosophy.
Additional Information
This is a remote position with comprehensive benefits available to permanent full-time employees. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodations.
Key skills/competency
- Editing
- Management
- Journalism
- Digital Media
- Content Strategy
- Research
- Communication
- Leadership
- Writing
- Analytical Thinking
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