Full-Time Senior Editor
AFAR is hiring a remote Full-Time Senior Editor. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting New York, NY based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Job Title
Senior Editor
Posted
Career Level
Full-Time
Career Level
Experienced
Locations Accepted
New York, NY
Salary
YEAR $90000 - $95000
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Job Details
Afar is looking for a senior editor to join its digital editorial team. The senior editor will be responsible for top editing a variety of text-based digital travel content, from inspiration stories to intel, from longreads to quick hits. They will work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, coordinating with other editors and reporting to the editorial director.
Work location: Our company is fully remote, but this role must be based in New York.
Essential Functions:
Requirements:
Work location: Our company is fully remote, but this role must be based in New York.
Essential Functions:
- Line editing and top editing several stories a day
- Headline and display writing
- Story packaging
- Idea development
- Assigning articles
- Cultivating relationships with freelance writers from a diverse range of backgrounds and identities
- Writing and updating articles
- Organizing and developing content calendars
- Attending industry events and meetings
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years hands-on text editing experience
- 5-7 years working in a deadline-driven, journalism environment
- Sharp line editing, story shaping, and packaging skills
- Reporting experience and knowledge of fact-checking best practices
- Meticulous attention to detail and grammar
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
- Ability to write clear, engaging copy and help others to do the same
- Agility in storytelling skills, jumping from a longform feature to a short news item to a roundup to a destination spotlight
- Excellent communication skills and ability to cooperate effectively with staff and freelancers in a remote work environment
- Experience assigning and commissioning articles
- Experience working in a CMS
- Experience writing newsletters
- Experience scriptwriting and capturing footage for social video
- Must have a passion for travel, and be interested in conceptualizing new and interesting ways to create travel storytelling
- A strategic and creative thinker
- Capable of bringing out the best in both writers and editors
- A proactive self-starter with a collaborative spirit
- A team player who finds satisfaction in both contributing ideas and doing the work to make them happen
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The deadline to apply for Full-Time Senior Editor at AFAR is
26th of September 2025
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New York, NY
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