PARDON · 1 month ago
Editorial Lead
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years expAGEIST is a modern media brand that focuses on sophisticated storytelling for adults 50+. The Editorial Lead will set the editorial direction, elevate cultural narratives, and oversee content that redefines aging for this demographic.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Identify and elevate the people, movements, ideas, and aesthetics that redefine aging and the modern 50+ world
Uphold the AGEIST mandate: aging means agency, wisdom, vitality, and aspiration
Ensure every profile, every article, every image, every headline signals this is what the future of 50+ looks like
Define and evolve AGEIST's editorial direction, grounded in vitality, agency, wisdom, and vitality
Act as a cultural radar spotting profile subjects, trends, and ideas that feel fresh, global, and aspirational
Source profiles from design, performance, fitness, entrepreneurship, fashion, mindset, travel, and contemporary culture: creative pivoters, global nomads, fashion-forward leaders, aesthetic outliers
Lead smart, elegant interviews that translate into character-rich narratives and shape story arcs that feel intimate, stylish, and deeply human
Own the full story lifecycle: pitch, interview, edit, layout, publish, maintaining a high-functioning editorial calendar
Commission and edit a growing bench of writers and correspondents as the publication scales
Source images, plan layout, and oversee visual cohesion, ensuring every story reflects our high-contrast, style-driven editorial aesthetic
Craft partner-friendly content that maintains editorial integrity while delivering elevated storytelling aligned with AGEIST's brand edge
Qualification
Required
7-10+ years in magazine journalism, cultural writing, wellness/lifestyle/editorial leadership, or a comparable high-aesthetic, digital-centric editorial world
Comfort operating at two altitudes: shaping a long-term editorial vision while also jumping into transcripts, image selects, layout notes, and hands-on editing when needed
A deep understanding of design, fashion, photography, and style-driven storytelling
A network of culturally interesting subjects across design, fitness, art, tech, entrepreneurship, and global living
Extraordinary interviewing, writing, and editing chops; you shape voice, tone, and cadence with precision
A collaborative, low-ego, highly competent approach, able to lead vision and execute with speed
Genuine curiosity about longevity, vitality, performance, reinvention, and culture after 50
Company
PARDON
Pardon Inc.is the modern family office and creative studio, managing a portfolio of investments, nonprofits, and original ventures.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Nicholas Pardon
Founder
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