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Wirecutter is seeking a Lead Editor to join our Beauty and Personal Care team. This editor will report directly to the Senior Editor, Beauty and Personal Care, to carry out our ambitious coverage plans that are deeply rooted in Wirecutter's mission to help our readers find the best products for their needs.
As a Lead Editor, you will serve as the primary editor for a wide range of beauty and personal care guides, collaborating with staff writers and freelancers on reporting strategies and rigorous test planning. You will ensure assignments stay on track while adhering to Wirecutter's exacting standards and processes. You will also write product coverage—from buying advice to "product odes"—as needed.
Our ideal candidate has a firm grasp of the beauty and personal care landscape, including skincare, haircare, grooming tools, makeup, and devices, as well as a strong understanding of industry trends and popular and emerging brands. You think inclusively and empathetically when guiding testing and reporting strategies, possess excellent editing skills, and are comfortable balancing multiple deadlines and complex workflows.
This role is based in Long Island City, New York.
Responsibilities:
Work with senior editor to develop the strategy for your beat and assign projects to freelance and staff writers
Project manage stories with different writers; manage deadlines; plan and oversee product research and testing; review writers' supporting documents and notes; edit and revise copy; and work closely with Wirecutter editors to ensure stories meet our exacting editorial standards
Stay up to date on beauty industry news and product launches and meet with sources and attend conferences and presentations as needed
Contribute original ideas to test planning, suggest creative reporting strategies, and challenge writers' assumptions
Write short form and long-form pieces as necessary
Collaborate with and respond to queries from fact checkers, copy editors, and producers to prepare pieces for publication
Work with our audience team to respond to reader feedback and questions; work with our affiliate team to resolve stock issues on recommendations; work with our operations team on product orders and testing plans; work with our photo editors to coordinate photography plans.
Perform related work as assigned
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
This role reports to the Senior Editor, Beauty & Personal Care.
Basic Qualifications:
3+ years of experience working at a media company with at least two years of experience working with and editing writers
Experience reporting on the beauty and personal care industries
Experience with collaborative tools, specifically Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Calendar) and Slack, with a proven ability to manage complex editorial workflows and team communications seamlessly.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with SEO from an editorial perspective and a sense of how to use web analytics data to make editorial decisions
Experience collaborating with an art director and/or photo editor to present coverage visually
Experience with social media platforms and a general understanding of what coverage performs best on each platform
Passion balanced by skepticism of marketing claims and unproven ideas
Please include your résumé/CV and a cover letter with your application. You can only upload one file in the “Résumé/CV” box, so please combine and upload your résumé and cover letter as one file.
This is a union position as classified by the News Guild of New York.
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