Senior Editor

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National Audubon Society
New York, NY, USA
Full-time

The Senior Editor is a full-time journalism position working within Audubon’s content team to produce editorial for Audubon.org and Audubon magazine. It’s the perfect job for a journalist with proven editing and top-editing chops, a penchant for keeping the publishing train on its tracks, and a passion for birds and conservation. The Senior Editor, while based at Audubon’s New York headquarters, may occasionally travel across the organization’s network. 

We are a small team doing big things, and we are looking for a motivated team member that can immediately make a positive impact. If that’s you, please include a cover letter with linked clips when applying to this position.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Pitch, write, and edit stories for both Audubon magazine and Audubon.org, ranging from news updates and explainers to profiles and features.
  • Top-edit front- and back-of-the-book sections of Audubon magazine, as well as content for Audubon.org.
  • Oversee, with the production staff, the flow of copy for the print issue, including to a team of remote fact-checkers and copy editors.
  • Interface with other teams within Audubon to understand key organizational concerns and priorities.
  • Stay abreast of news important to conservation and to the preservation of birds.
  • Collaborate with Audubon’s art team to execute stories that are highly visual and, when possible, leverage multimedia, data journalism, and other journalistic tools.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree in writing, journalism, English, or a related field, or in a science or environmental field with intensive journalism experience, required. Background in science writing or environmental journalism preferred.
Skills/Experience: 
  • Three to five years of editorial experience at a media outlet, including at a print magazine.
  • Sharp, incisive line-editing with ability to step back and shape the big picture.
  • Ability to home in on smart story angles, manage multiple deadlines and workflows, and easily pivot between individual and collaborative projects.
  • Tech-savviness, including proficiency with InCopy and CMS.
  • Interest in environmental issues, conservation, birds and/or birding.
  • Fluency in Spanish a plus.
How to Apply: 

https://careers-audubon.icims.com/jobs/3749/senior-editor/job

Job Function: 
Conservation & Environmental Science

Organization Info

National Audubon Society

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Website: 
audubon.org
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1972
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Environment
Mission: 

Audubon saves birds and their habitats throughout the America using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation.

Audubon operates an extensive network of National conservation programs, 23 state and regional offices, 41 centers, 23 sanctuaries and 463 independent chapters. Our work is a powerful combination of science, on the ground conservation, policy and engagement expertise that strives to protect and restore habitat, and to build the durable public will to implement policies that safeguard birds, other wildlife and the resources that sustain us all-in the U.S. and across the Americas.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Aug 28 2018
Active Until: 
Sep 28 2018
Hiring Organization: 
National Audubon Society
industry: 
Nonprofit