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Stripe · 3 hours ago

Managing Editor – Works in Progress

NYC, SF, CHI, SEA, Remote (US)

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

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Responsibilities

Managing our pipeline:

Tracking forthcoming pieces, managing our communication with authors, and helping the team plan its editing and output;

Managing WIP’s Twitter account;

Managing WIP’s Substack; and

Managing print production and distribution in North America (with support).

Editing:

Helping writers to craft and develop their ideas, providing feedback throughout the writing and editing process;

Editing articles to make sure everything we publish meets our standards and style – being extremely clear, logically consistent, interesting, and thought-provoking; and

Working with other editors (internal and external) on our articles, overseeing their work.

Commissioning:

Commissioning new articles by US-based authors and on topics that are relevant to our US audiences;

Network-building in the United States, finding new authors and new topics to commission articles on;

Representing Works in Progress at relevant events; and

Planning and running events in the US (with support).

Qualification

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Managing pipelineLong-form non-fiction writingFinding new authorsExpressing complex ideasOrganisational skills

Required

Has experience in full-time editing for a publication with multiple contributors (a magazine, a newsletter, or similar), or some other demonstrable track record as an editor of articles or books similar to Works in Progress.

Has managed a large and complex pipeline of long-form articles, books or similar over a number of years, from different contributors.

Is familiar with Works in Progress’s existing work and some of its subject areas.

You must be based in the United States. New York, Washington DC or San Francisco are preferred. We cannot support relocation for this role.

Preferred

Is a very good editor of long-form non-fiction writing.

Can find and suggest new authors across a wide range of subjects and judge whether article topics are interesting to people who already know about a field.

Is organised and reliable.

Writes clearly and simply.

Is very good at expressing complex ideas clearly and simply.