Editor, Axios Local (North Carolina)
About the role
The big picture
Axios is dedicated to providing trustworthy, essential news in a format that respects readers' time. We publish daily newsletters in 34 cities across America — and counting. We're hiring an editor to work with our teams in the South and East region.
Why it matters
You'll work with reporters in multiple cities, helping them get their local readers smarter, faster on the news, events and local folkways that matter most to them.
Go deeper
You care deeply about the future of local news and are obsessed with cooking up innovative ways to reimagine it. You take a people-first approach to management. You're comfortable guiding expert reporters in a remote-first environment. And you're skilled at delivering consistent, clear, constructive feedback.
Primary responsibilities
- Managing and supporting reporters through editorial brainstorming and execution.
- Owning the company's vision and communicating it clearly to your teams.
- Experimenting with and leveraging AI to drive workflow efficiencies.
- Story and newsletter editing in our Smart Brevity style.
- Writing stories and newsletter items when needed.
Worthy of your time
Ideal candidates will operate with a startup mentality and an entrepreneurial spirit, and have the following skills and qualities:
- Based preferably in North Carolina.
- Experience in a fast-paced newsroom. Experience editing daily newsletters is a plus.
- A deep understanding of the major metros in North Carolina and what topics are important to the people who live there.
- Sharp story framing skills, and the ability to help reporters craft conceptual scoops.
- Strong conversational writing skills, and the ability to coach reporters to write conversationally.
- Experience managing reporters at varying levels of seniority.
- A belief in Smart Brevity.
- The desire to help make your teams indispensable to local readers.
What Axios brings to the table besides salary
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including telehealth services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”