Managing Editor

Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Job Category: Newspapers,Online | New Media
Job ID: 13667
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Posted: 03.12.2026

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Job Description:

The Role

 
As Managing Editor, you will be the first editorial hire for a new consumer reviews brand, reporting directly to the Editor-in-Chief. You’ll define the editorial voice, set quality standards, and run day-to-day publishing operations while building and leading a high-performing team. This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced consumer editor who thrives on deadlines and scale.
What You'll Do

 
Editorial Leadership

• Serve as the editorial North Star for your team — the person writers look to for standards, feedback and direction
• Define and document the editorial product — first-person, test-driven, long-form consumer reviews
• Establish and enforce editorial standards for voice, sourcing, fact-checking, affiliate disclosure language and EEAT compliance

Daily Editorial Operations 

• Manage the team’s editorial calendar, coordinating both national and market-specific content tracks, ensuring consistent, on-time delivery to publisher partners
• Design and optimize a content production pipeline from assignment to publication
• Integrate AI tools into the editorial workflow, while maintaining editorial judgment, accuracy and brand voice.

Team Building

• Lead senior editorial hiring: onboard senior writers and editors across Fashion & Apparel, Beauty, Home Goods, Footwear and adjacent categories
• Vet every writer under the brand's banner through hiring decisions, editing standards and ongoing performance feedback 
• Manage a freelance roster of 8–12 contributors 

 
Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with data and product teams to optimize content performance, test distribution strategies and inform editorial priorities
• Collaborate with the EIC on publisher/partner editorial relationships and recurring reviews

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications

 

• 10+ years writing and editing consumer content including review articles, product features and more 
• Category breadth in soft goods — apparel, footwear, beauty, home and adjacent verticals
• Recent experience managing a team of writers and editors
• Ownership of an editorial calendar 
• Demonstrated ability to hit high volume publishing deadlines
• Maintained editorial standards for quality, voice and accuracy
• Familiarity with EEAT compliance, SEO
• Proven leadership in hiring, coaching and performance management
• Please note, this role is focused on written consumer reviews and is not suited to candidates whose primary background is video or audio production

Nice to Have

 

• Experience at a consumer publisher or digital media company (Wirecutter, Strategist, CNN Underscored, NBC Select)
• Experience collaborating with data science or product teams
• Experience with performance-driven or revenue-supported publishing models

 
To Apply

 

• All applicants should combine their resume, cover letter and a sample of their work into a single document
• Candidates who do not include all three elements (resume, cover letter, work sample) in the document will not be considered