Senior Editor, Restaurants

Senior Editor, Restaurants – Bon Appétit

Bon Appétit seeks a senior editor to oversee our dining coverage. This role, in collaboration with brand leadership, will be responsible for running and executing the content strategy for our restaurants vertical. The ideal candidate is someone with strong editorial judgment who can produce timely, insightful content and commentary on the restaurant landscape, while managing from planning to production a robust content operation that includes social, newsletters, video, and print. They should be well-connected to the food and beverage industry, with a diverse cohort of nationwide sources. In this collaborative role, the Senior Restaurants Editor will create editorial content plans, packages, and columns informed by dining trends and strategic insights. They will have a dedicated column, oversee dining features and packages from staff and contributors, and lead our Best New Restaurants tentpole. This role reports to the Executive Editor, is based in New York City, and is in-office four days a week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the restaurants content vertical, including setting and executing on content strategy in collaboration with brand leadership; managing the editorial direction of projects and events, such as Best New Restaurants; and assigning and editing a coverage beat for all platforms, including premium content, regular columns, packages of recurring content that add up to larger tentpoles, SEO-driven content refreshes, and more.
• Manage restaurant content for newsletters and other subscription products in concert with edit leadership, audience development, and consumer marketing.
• Cultivate relationships with and manage a diverse cohort of writers and editors.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the brand and other Condé Nast departments on content execution, including editors, the creative team, the Test Kitchen, audience development, social media, video, and more.
• Manage a robust content pipeline, enforce deadlines and workflows, and ensure the edit calendar has sufficient, appointment-style restaurants coverage that will meet brand KPIs.
• Collaborate with edit leadership on long-term brand strategic planning and major initiatives.
• Write stories across platforms and content areas, as assigned.
• Participate in video, social video, podcasts, and special events, as assigned.
• Represent the brands in media and public appearances as necessary.

Requirements:

• 10+ years writing, editing, and producing content at a major digital-first publication.
• Experience producing content with a focus on restaurants within a multiplatform editorial strategy, including digital, newsletters, video, events, print, and more.
• Significant management experience, including guiding the work, growth, and performance of others, while meeting deadlines and key objectives.
• Demonstrated mastery of cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Highly organized, able to juggle multiple projects, detail-oriented, and passionate about the sacredness of deadlines (but also comfortable with adapting as needed).
• A crystal clear understanding of how to execute on KPIs, both for subscriptions and traffic.
• Expert-level editorial judgment, writing, and editing skills, and the ability to offer perspective and insight that maintains brand voice and vision.
• Familiarity and comfort using analytics tools such as Parse.ly, Google Analytics, and Looker.
• Experience with digital CMSs and editorial calendar management systems (e.g., Airtable). Experience with Adobe InCopy/K4 and newsletter-production platforms (e.g., Sailthru, Letterhead, Iterable) is a plus.
• Deep proficiency with SEO/catalog update best practices.
• A passion for food and drink.
• Comfort with, and interest, in appearing on video, audio, and at live events.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $92,500 - $140,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

This is a guild position.