Editorial Director, Journalism

Knowledge

• Deep understanding of journalism principles and ethics.
• Knowledge of digital publishing strategies, tools, and platforms.
• Fluency in the social and digital media landscape, including platform strategy, audience development, and content distribution.

Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional editing and reporting skills.
• Deep creative instincts for storytelling across formats, including long-form journalism, video, podcast, and social/digital media.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and build strong relationships across teams, functions, and organizational levels.
• Ability to make fast, well-reasoned editorial and operational decisions in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for engaging with high-level grantors, funders, and external partners.

Critical Success Factors / Leadership Attributes 

• Must be able to create value for the organization.
• Possesses the ability to make meaning by keeping others well-informed on the big issues.
• Can hire and cultivate talent who are strong contributors to the organization. 
• Applies learning by seeking new learning from a variety of disciplines and addressing obstacles immediately and directly. 
• Recognizes the importance of acting together by encouraging imagination and creating opportunities for others to step up and contribute.
• Executes accountably by creating clear plans to achieve goals and monitoring costs, progress, and results.
• Sets a personal example of authenticity and inspires others to want to follow their lead.

 Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in journalism, communications, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of reporting and editing experience, including time at a journalism enterprise. Demonstrated portfolio of published articles.
• Experience leading content strategy for an organization or team and managing staff.
• Demonstrated experience with video, podcast, and social/digital media content production and strategy.
• Experience in covering K-12 education is strongly preferred.

 WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Normal demands associated with a deadline-driven office environment.
• The noise level is generally quiet to moderate.
• Daily contact with external customers, vendors, colleagues, associates, supervisors, and staff at all levels of the organization.

 PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to remain at a desk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to communicate and exchange information with others.
• Ability to move about to coordinate work in areas of varying heights.
• Ability to perceive and inspect records in a document management system. 
• Ability to operate general office equipment.
• Ability to travel to off-site meetings.
• Ability to lift, carry, move, or position objects weighing up to 10 pounds.