Cox Enterprises · 4 hours ago
Senior Editor, UATL (AJC)
Atlanta GA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$102K/yr - $169K/yr
8+ years expCox Enterprises is a family business guided by a legacy of bold innovation, and they are seeking a Senior Editor to grow and guide coverage of Black culture for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The role involves establishing the scope and vision of the brand, building and maintaining a team, and collaborating with senior leadership to drive content strategy and audience engagement.
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Responsibilities
Set the goals and vision for the UATL brand and designs systems and processes to ensure those goals and visions are carried out
Develop a high level of strategy expertise though reader research, audience analytics, government reports, study of coverage from other organizations
Establish short-range and long-range content and audience growth plans through various avenues including brainstorming meetings, team meetings and consultation with leadership colleagues
Act on and incorporate knowledge from audience metrics and research into the plan
Identify opportunities for process improvements
Collaborate with other newsroom senior editors and managers to calibrate and coordinate high-level changes in resources, priorities and plans
Effectively communicate upcoming plans and challenges through written and verbal communication and meetings
Adjust priorities and resources according to changing circumstances, sharing resources with other teams when necessary
Assist with identifying development opportunities for newsroom at large
Coach and performance-manage a multi-disciplined, high-achieving team to ever improving results, managing productivity and quality of contributions to AJC & UATL journalism
Supervise day-to-day coverage and short and long-range content plans
Create an environment focused on continuous learning and improvement, fostering close-knit collaboration
Inspire non-traditional thinking and risk-taking ideas and improvements; inspire team to reach higher for themselves and to participate in continuous improvement
Identify and act on development opportunities for team members
Fully embrace the AJC newsroom commitment to diversity and inclusion through recruiting, hiring and development practices
Assist in recruitment to find quality talent and take a leading role on hiring practices and decisions for team openings
Participate in newsroom editor rotation for periodic assignments on weekends and holidays
Maintain and cultivate relationships with AJC, CEI and other partners
Identify key community partners and opportunities to advance UATL’s mission and further relationships with diverse communities
Maintain flexibility and embrace growth opportunities outside of core responsibilities
Other duties may include broad leadership of profile writing and advance obituary writing across the newsroom
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 8 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 6 years' of experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' of experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field
3+ years' experience in a management or leadership role
Demonstrated strong news judgment and excellent editing ability
Demonstrated ability to lead teams to follow standards and execute large-scale news initiatives
Strong ability to organize, analyze, interpret, and disseminate information
Strong communication and presentation skills
Track record of effectively partnering with different teams across newsrooms and the entire organization
Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills to work effectively across groups
Benefits
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations.
Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
Bereavement leave
Time off to vote
Jury duty leave
Volunteer time off
Military leave
Parental leave
Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
Retirement planning (401(k))
Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)
Company
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is a communications, media, and automotive services company.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.7M2014-12-15Grant· $1.7M
Leadership Team
Alexander Taylor
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Patrick O'Boyle
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
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