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Senior Editor
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Senior Editor, Wired
Description:
WIRED is seeking an experienced feature story editor to conceive, assign, and edit ambitious, thoughtful stories focused on how tech and science are shaping the world. The editor will be expected to generate feature-story ideas that advance conversations on important topics, and match them effectively with talented, professional writers.The editor may also be asked to edit stories that appear on Wired.com, and to create special editorial packages.
Responsibilities Include:
• Conceiving of and assigning major feature stories, including essays, narratives, and profiles
• Editing feature stories and shorter magazine pieces
• Working closely with WIRED's art department, and web and social teams, on the execution of designs for their stories.
• Working with editors of Wired.com to assign and develop digital-only pieces.
Qualifications:
• Experience with, and intellectual curiosity about, technology and science, and corresponding national affairs.
• Five years experience editing long and ambitious stories with staff and freelance writers
• Ability to line-edit and help writers achieve their best writing.
• Ability to structure a story for maximum impact and reader understanding and engagement.
• Facility with display copy and other elements of story building
• Exceptional abilities to work collegially with a varied team of fact checkers, copy editors, designers, photo editors, and story editors.