The Las Vegas Business Press needs a managing editor.
The Business Press is now a weekly adjunct of the Las Vegas Review-Journal business department but will soon have a separate staff and editorial voice in print and online.
The Managing Editor will oversee a reboot of content and coverage, and will hire the new editorial staff. This position reports to the weekly’s publisher, with a dotted-line relationship to the editor of the Review-Journal.
The ME will be responsible for driving product strategy and quality across all platforms and for relentlessly building both print and digital audiences.
Management or team leadership in a daily or weekly print and online environment is required. So is a passion for covering local business ranging from mom-and-pop shops to multinational corporations. Survival will require the ability to adapt on the fly and innovate on a dime.
Stephens Media publishes 11 daily newspapers, 64 weeklies, magazines and specialty publications and has more than 100 websites operating in nine states. Other Nevada properties include the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three weekly newspapers and Luxury Magazine, making it the state’s leading news organization. It an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace. A pre-employment drug test is mandatory.
Interested? Send a cover letter and resume to James G. Wright at jwright@reviewjournal.com.
Please put “Business Press ME” in the subject line.
Applicant review will begin July 7.
