Managing Editor

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🕒 September 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $85k - $97k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✏️ Editor

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Allen Media Group

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501 - 1000 employees

📱 Media

👥 B2C

Media • B2C

Allen Media Group is a global, multi-platform media company founded by Byron Allen that produces, distributes, and broadcasts television, film, and digital content. The company owns and operates a large portfolio of cable networks (including The Weather Channel and several 24-hour HD networks), broadcast TV stations, a theatrical distribution arm (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures), and digital news and video platforms such as TheGrio and Local Now. Allen Media Group focuses on creating and licensing a vast content library for audiences and advertisers, with a history of acquisitions and initiatives to expand representation and reach across linear, streaming, and theatrical channels.

📋 Description

• Own the daily publishing operation for thegrio.com • Run daily and monthly news meetings and set priorities across news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and business • Serve as editorial point of contact for staff writers, contributors and freelancers • Make breaking-news decisions about coverage, aggregation and timing • Maintain accuracy, sourcing, fairness and corrections; escalate legal or sensitivity questions • Line-edit and structurally edit news hits, features, essays, explainers and video-adjacent copy • Edit for theGrio's culturally fluent, direct voice • Write and rewrite headlines, decks and social copy optimized for search and readers • Maintain and enforce the house style guide • Coach writers with actionable feedback • Evaluate pitches, greenlight assignments, generate story ideas and manage freelance assignments • Build a deliberate mix of breaking, service, evergreen, original and tentpole content • Own the editorial calendar and plan long-lead coverage • Coordinate with social, newsletter, audience development and commerce teams • Use GA4, Google Search Console, Chartbeat, Google Trends and social listening to inform assignments and optimize performance • Track pageviews, engaged time, returning readers, newsletter conversion and revenue-relevant page performance • Run weekly performance reviews for editorial leadership • Test headlines, images, publish timing and formats, and document learnings • Use AI tools for research synthesis, transcription, headline and SEO variants, summaries, alt text, tagging, metadata, style checks and structural feedback • Build AI-assisted editorial workflows, train writers and editors, and enforce human review and verification • Help shape and maintain AI usage and disclosure standards • Track emerging tools and advocate for those improving speed or quality • Collaborate with the Chief Content Officer and editorial leadership on coverage strategy • Partner with social, newsletter, ad sales and commerce teams • Represent editorial standards for sponsored, branded and partner content

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years in digital editorial • At least 1–2 years assigning and editing other people's work • Demonstrated excellence as an editor, including restructuring drafts, line-editing, and copy-editing • Deep, current fluency in Black culture, politics and media • Understanding of theGrio's audience • Fluency with WordPress, Monday.com and Slack • Working command of SEO fundamentals and audience analytics • Ability to use GA4 or Chartbeat to identify editorial actions • Hands-on comfort with AI production tools and sound judgment about when not to use them • Sound news judgment under deadline pressure • Organizational discipline managing a calendar, freelance budget and multiple stories • Excellent written and verbal communication • Preferred: experience at a national digital news or culture brand • Preferred: experience managing freelance networks and contributor budgets • Preferred: familiarity with social media production, distribution and video workflows • Preferred: experience building or documenting editorial processes • Preferred: background in politics, entertainment, business, lifestyle or sports • Preferred: passion for Black media and culture and understanding of theGrio's mission

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage • 401(k) • Paid time off and holidays • Parental leave • Remote work • Occasional travel for team gatherings and coverage may be required in New York City and D.C.

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