Senior Editor

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $90k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

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AFAR

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2009

📱 Media

Media • Travel

AFAR is a comprehensive travel media company that inspires, empowers, and enriches travelers who care about meaningful travel experiences. It offers a range of travel guides, trip ideas, and tips for various global destinations, spanning continents such as Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Through its print magazine, podcasts, newsletters, and online articles, AFAR covers diverse travel topics including cultures, cuisine, health and wellness, outdoor adventures, and sustainable travel. The company also collaborates with partners to showcase exclusive travel experiences and destinations, making it a valuable resource for discerning travelers looking to explore the world deeply and responsibly.

📋 Description

• Responsible for top editing a variety of text-based digital travel content, from inspiration stories to intel, from longreads to quick hits. • Work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, coordinating with other editors and reporting to the editorial director.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years hands-on text editing experience • 5-7 years experience as a senior editor at a media company working in a deadline-driven environment • Sharp line editing, story shaping, and packaging skills • Reporting experience and knowledge of fact-checking best practices • Meticulous attention to detail and grammar • Ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously • Ability to write clear, engaging copy and help others to do the same • Agility in storytelling skills, jumping from a longform feature to a short news item to a roundup to a destination spotlight • Excellent communication skills and ability to cooperate effectively with staff and freelancers in a remote work environment • Experience assigning and commissioning articles • Experience working in a CMS • Experience writing newsletters • Experience scriptwriting and capturing footage for social video • Must have a passion for travel, and be interested in conceptualizing new and interesting ways to create travel storytelling