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Senior Editor, Style, NYT Wirecutter

The New York Times· Editing - Wirecutter
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Hybrid (LIC, New York, NY)$135k - $145kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior editor to oversee Wirecutter's style team, guiding and expanding style and accessories coverage with a focus on helpful, engaging, and up-to-date guidance for readers’ personal style, leading a team of writers and collaborating with photo, video, audience development, and lifestyle colleagues.

Responsibilities

  • Plan coverage for style and accessories guides and projects over the course of the year
  • With the editorial director, execute strategy for our coverage and manage a team of writers in execution of dynamic style content, including guides, short-form, and multi-platform coverage
  • Assign projects to freelance and staff writers as needed, and manage them on a per-project basis
  • Manage editors and writers as direct reports, set clear expectations, facilitate performance feedback, and support learning and development
  • Manage editorial process and serve as top or lead editor for guides, short-form journalism, and other projects that fall under your area of coverage
  • Approve ideas from your team and use data to support pitches and to monitor performance
  • Contribute original ideas to test planning, suggest creative reporting strategies, challenge writers' assumptions
  • Interact with our reader community through multiple channels, including social, comments, and through our community team
  • May be required to attend trade shows and product news events as needed
  • Perform related work as assigned
  • Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
  • You will report to the editorial director of lifestyle

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of professional editing experience and at least two years managing editors and/or writers, with a proven ability to effectively manage projects and direct reports
  • The ability to write clearly and accessibly about topics for lay audiences, and edit with an eye for helping others do the same
  • Deep knowledge of fashion subject matter and clear sense of good aesthetic taste

Skills

Required:Editorial leadershipFashion knowledge

Benefits

  • variable pay such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
  • medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
  • a company-matching 401(k) plan
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • paid vacation
  • paid sick days
  • paid parental leave
  • tuition reimbursement and professional development programs
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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