Boston.com seeks a night editor

Boston.com is seeking a versatile digital editor with excellent judgment to lead its coverage of the city and region at nighttime. The site’s Night Editor is primarily responsible for leading a team of journalists tasked with serving and growing our audiences during a crucial timeframe. This editor will achieve results through prioritizing, assigning, and editing coverage that fits our mission: What Boston really cares about right now.

Responsibilities:

Lead a dynamic team of journalists, driving their daily decisions and short- and long-term career growth. Contribute to sitewide efforts, including regularly collaborating with the broader editing team and other key departments.
Approach every week with a well-rounded coverage plan, prioritizing the highest impact storylines across local news, sports, weather, and culture. Experiment regularly by running pitch sessions and brainstorms and then executing on new concepts.
Contribute to growth and engagement goals by curating the homepage, optimizing content for search engines and social channels, and deploying push notifications and email alerts.
Ensure Boston.com always reflects our mission and that all editorial decisions meet high journalistic and technical standards.

Qualifications:

5+ years spent editing and managing journalists, preferably covering the region.
A track record of successful, audience-focused work.
A progressive understanding of the ways that readers engage with content on social, search, and mobile platforms.
A willingness to adapt and be audience focused, with a curious mindset and a commitment to creating an inclusive work environment

The night team works from 4 p.m. to midnight from Sundays to Thursdays. This team is based in our downtown Boston office on a hybrid in-person and work-from-home schedule.

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Mariam Ahmed