Senior Editor, Business

Location: New York

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New York, NYWIRED is seeking an experienced editor for our business desk. Reporting to WIRED’s director, business and industry, you’ll work with a team of experienced reporters and editors to break news, shape insightful analysis, and support enterprise  this role, you’ll be jointly responsible for WIRED’s business news coverage, which encompasses the impact of artificial intelligence, the power of platforms, the future of work, and much more.

We’re looking for an editor with experience covering these or related areas, and a demonstrated ability to break news. We’re less interested in earnings reports than we are in the people most responsible for—and most affected by—the tech industry’s outsized influence.

Our priority is ambitious, impactful work. That can take many forms: a major scoop, a deeply reported investigation, timely analysis, a special project. You should be comfortable with editing and assigning these types of stories, as well as the iterative news coverage that fuels them. To be successful in this position you should have a good eye for surprising angles on stories and the ability to spot the wider significance of a new development.

You should also be a sharp line editor, good at structuring an argument and eliminating jargon. You’ll need to be able to work autonomously while coordinating and collaborating with colleagues in San Francisco, New York, London, and points between. You’ll work closely not only with your own team, but also collaborate with other desks as coverage demands. You’ll also collaborate frequently with WIRED’s digital video team to execute cross-platform coverage that brings the best of WIRED to platforms including You Tube, Tik Tok, and Instagram Reels.

This role is based out of our New York City office. This is a Guild position.

Primary/Ongoing Responsibilities:
* Assign and edit stories from a team of WIRED business reporters.
* Maintain and assign to a roster of freelance writers to round out coverage as needed.
* Work with WIRED’s director, business and industry to define goals and priorities for your coverage areas, ensuring all content plans ladder up to broader brand goals and objectives.
* Proactively seek out interesting, diverse voices who can help WIRED deliver differentiated business coverage.
* Coordinate with other WIRED teams on all aspects of the story process, partnering with photo/art on visuals and design; answering fact-checking and copy queries; seeing stories through production processes; and partnering with social and/or video to ensure stories have maximum impact.
* Meet individual and/or section KPIs as assigned (i.e. production expectations, UPVs, engagement, time spent, and/or other related goals).
* Contribute to brand extensions, social platforms, and additional projects as needed.
* Represent the brand in a public-facing way as necessary, such as on social media, in press opportunities, panels and speaking engagements, and internal company presentations.
* Additional projects/stories as assigned.

Desired

Qualifications:

* At least 4 years of experience as an editor in a fast paced, digital and news-driven environment.
* A past portfolio of work that reflects significant experience covering the tech industry, including a consistent record of breaking news.
* Experience overseeing multi-platform content from brainstorm to execution; the ability to balance daily deadlines with longer-lead projects.
* Experience and passion for delivering big, ambitious coverage, particularly around Big Tech, AI, and other core areas of focus.
* Highly collaborative with excellent communication skills; adept at…