Vox Media

Role Description - Develop and lead editorial content strategy for assigned team communities centered around seasonal tentpole events. - Develop and implement policies and best practices for assigned team communities. - Attend regular meetings to discuss and refine strategy, programming, and tactics in pursuit of audience goals. - Collaborate with NFL Director, Community to increase engagement around comments, Feed posts, and overall community health. - Collaborate with NFL Director, News to expand audience on all platforms with a refined SEO strategy. - Conduct editorial oversight, quality control, and accountability for assigned team communities sites. - Oversee assigned team and macro sites and associated budgets, with seasonal adjustments between tentpoles. - Work with assigned team communities to continually diversify their contributors and audiences. - Execute on sales strategies in partnership with stakeholders. - Supervise full-time employee site/team community producer(s). - Serve as a point of contact for assigned NFL team communities contributors to SB Nation, providing consistent and reliable support. - Consult with programming, audio, marketing, commerce, legal, and other internal teams as needed to implement NFL content strategy. - Conduct outreach to assigned team communities managers and staffs, facilitating exchange of story ideas, strategy, tactics, successes, opportunities, and knowledge sharing. - Serve as point of contact for communications to assigned team communities from Vox Media. - Coordinate and collaborate with senior team community management and producers on NFL coverage. - Occasionally research, write, and edit posts related to topical coverage of multiple teams. - Produce high-quality, timely content that resonates with each team’s fanbase while maintaining the broader voice and tone of SB Nation. - Stay ahead of NFL trends, breaking news, and significant stories and apply to relevant team site coverage. - Develop and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across the NFL to ensure content goals align with strategy. Qualifications - At least 3-5 years experience working as a writer or editor, preferably in the NFL space. - Advanced knowledge of all things NFL. - Management or mentorship experience. - Demonstrated skills in content strategy, handling budgets, providing editorial assistance, SEO, and digital content creation best practices. - Ability to take direction, meet deadlines, and work independently within a collaborative, team environment. - Incredible attention to detail. Benefits - This is a permanent, full-time position. - This job is benefits-eligible. - Comprehensive benefits to support all employees wherever they are in life. - This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East. Company Description Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products, and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.

Vox is seeking an Executive Editor who will bring a clear vision, original ideas, and a deep understanding of the political and policy landscape. This leader will define what Vox’s politics and policy journalism should look like in 2026 and beyond, ensuring our work serves audiences outside the political bubble and connects meaningfully with the next generation of audiences. You will guide and elevate Vox’s politics and policy coverage across formats (text and audio, and also collaborating with video), manage a high-performing team of reporters and editors, and oversee our flagship Today, Explained and Explain It to Me podcast teams. This role calls for someone who excels at identifying the political forces shaping people’s lives — and translating that into sharp, clear, memorable explanatory journalism. The ideal candidate is someone who can set a vision for politics coverage that focuses on serving everyday people across the US, rather than Washington insiders — meeting them where they are, answering their questions, and covering the stories that matter to them and impact their day-to-day lives. They should also be an innovator who is eager to experiment with new mediums. They will directly manage text and audio teams, but also collaborate closely with the video team to help ideate on video story ideas and formats that reach and serve audiences who consume their news through social platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. They should be a strong, experienced people manager who is comfortable managing editors as well as reporters. They will be a key member of the newsroom leadership team, reporting to the Editor-in-Chief & Publisher. What You’ll Do Oversee three editorial teams in the newsroom: Politics, Policy, and Ideas; Today, Explained and Explain It to Me; and Even Better and Lifestyle. Shape vision and strategy for Vox’s political journalism in 2026 and the years ahead, centering audiences who feel overlooked or underserved by traditional political coverage. Direct daily, short-, and long-term editorial plans, managing the balance between bigger original pieces and shorter pieces that are responsive to news, and directing the team when it’s necessary to pivot from plans due to news. Develop coverage strategies that meet audience members where they are — including audiences newer to news, politically disengaged readers/listeners, and younger audiences with different expectations of how news should work. Ensure our journalism is accessible, relevant, and grounded in real-world questions and concerns, not just the narratives dominating political insiders’ conversations. Identify opportunities to grow reach and impact through new formats, collaborations, and storytelling approaches, and partner with other teams to execute on multiplatform ideas. Mentor team members at all levels, helping them develop ideas and angles, structure stories, and strengthen their reporting. Oversee editorial strategy and execution for Today, Explained and Explain It to Me, ensuring the shows meet Vox’s standards for clarity, depth, creativity, and broad accessibility. Strengthen collaboration between text, audio, and video teams to ensure cohesive, cross-platform political coverage. Work with senior leadership across teams to shape Vox’s priorities and coverage strategy around major political moments (elections, legislative cycles, global events, court decisions, etc.). Coordinate cross-newsroom efforts around major projects, tentpoles, investigations, and explanatory initiatives. What You’ll Bring