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The Seattle Times · 6 days ago

Assistant Managing Editor

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$130K/yr - $150K/yr

8+ years exp

The Seattle Times, a family-owned news organization and one of the nation’s premier regional news sources, is hiring an Assistant Managing Editor to join our Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. This individual joins the senior leadership team and oversees local news coverage in one of the nation’s most dynamic cities, requiring a mix of leadership, news judgment, and collaboration skills.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate with the editor, managing editor and other senior leaders to guide the newsroom. In this key role, this AME will help shape the newsroom culture and provide counsel on budget, policy and coverage decisions

Provide leadership, administration and operational management of the Metro staff

Supervise editors who plan, assign, edit and publish daily work

Help set news priorities and plan for newsroom-wide coverage that includes breaking news and major enterprise work

Help lead community funded reporting labs, including Education Lab, Project Homeless, Mental Health Project and Climate Lab. This includes editing quarterly reports and attending occasional funders meetings. There are no direct fundraising responsibilities

Oversee the Metro staff’s ongoing transformation into an audience focused digital operation. This includes focusing on serving our online audience, publishing stories at optimal times and with digital-first headlines and SEO practices

Meet regularly with direct reports to guide their performance and offer coaching. This includes conducting annual appraisals and assistance with onboarding new hires

Recruit and hire new reporters and editors, with an eye toward building a staff that represents the demographics of the larger community

Be inclusive in coverage at every stage of the process from sourcing to how we frame stories to language and presentation, making sure stories fairly represent the rich cultural and political diversity of our region

Collaborate with other departments in the newsroom including photo, design, graphics, business, sports, features and investigations

Qualification

Editorial leadershipDigital analyticsNews judgmentProject managementStrategic thinkingPassionate editingUnderstanding journalism ethicsCollaborationOrganizational skills

Required

8+ years' at a metropolitan daily media organization, including 4 years of supervisory experience. This should include experience managing other editors

Undergraduate degree, or combination of related professional work experience

Passionate editor who sets a high standard for yourself and those around you

Ability to analyze stories and make quick, informed judgments about newsworthiness, accuracy, fairness and libel under pressure and on deadline

Proven skills with digital analytics

Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to manage projects large and small

Strategic thinking, helping guide the newsroom, steer coverage, set news priorities and provide advice on personnel matters

A collaborative nature

Must understand and uphold the standards, ethics and mission of journalism at The Seattle Times