Supervising Editor, Emergency Cleaning, NYT Wirecutter

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Job Description

About the Role

If something about the phrase “emergency cleaning” intrigues you as an editor, you might be a good candidate for this job.

This is a role managing writers who make product recommendations on emergency preparation and cleaning, joining a team whose material also includes home improving, HVAC, air/water quality, tools, landscaping, and pet care. A great cover letter would describe which of those topics fit your editorial work history well, and, in particular, the areas where you could shine.

Readers coming to Wirecutter for advice on emergency prep and cleaning need serious, responsibly reported facts on thoroughly tested gear that performs in times of immense personal stress. The right person can empathize with readers and understand the broader scope and stakes of what we’re doing. It is, ultimately, just product recommendations, but succeeding at this requires respecting how much faith a reader is putting in us to get it right.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a senior editor to develop a strategy for the section and assign projects
• Manage and maintain existing product guides while planning and producing new material
• Review writers’ research, supporting documents, test plans, priorities, and schedule
• Devise reporting strategies, enforce deadlines, and edit text for multiple story types
• Use tracking systems to organize story assignments and products we recommend
• Work with analytics teams to develop new content ideas guided by data and intuition
• Engage with our audience as a writer, editor, and open-minded recipient of feedback
• Be a source of ideas and material for newsletters, videos, and social collaboration
• This role reports to a senior editor.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience at a media company, ideally on consumer product editorial
• 2+ years of experience managing direct reports (or editing staff/freelance writers)
• Familiarity with relevant product categories through professional or personal experience
• Experience testing and comparing consumer products
• Experience developing engaging material using language, visuals, and packaging
• Experience interpreting analytics and feedback to meet audience needs
• You may work in a remote work environment across time zones
• Strong skills on communication, task management, scheduling, and data organization
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Empathy, skepticism, honesty, the humility to learn, and the capacity to be surprised
• Scars from buyer’s remorse, a pain you have felt and are committed to preventing
  
  

The annual base pay range for this role is between $92,700.00 and $109,000.00.

Locations

Even with our office in New York City, Wirecutter remains a highly remote-friendly culture and is proud to employ incredible people across the country. Right now, we are eligible to hire in the following states: CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, ME, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA.

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