Managing Editor at Los Angeles Times - El Segundo, CA

 

Job Description Summary

The Los Angeles Times seeks a managing editor brimming with intelligence, innovation, ambition and enthusiasm to oversee daily news coverage, multiple editorial departments and a slate of new initiatives that will both enhance and change the way the nation’s largest metro daily tells the Southern California story to those here and afar.

And what a time to join us.

Under new editorial leadership and committed family ownership, The Times is undergoing an exciting period of expansion, experimentation and rejuvenation unlike any in recent decades. We continue to produce the signature accountability, investigative and political reporting that has sustained us for 140 years, but are investing in advanced forms of storytelling, podcasting, video, analytics and social media. We are deepening our relationship with established audiences and connecting with new and diverse readers, listeners and viewers like never before.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage all daily news operations in collaboration with senior editors;
• Work with the leadership team to set editorial ambitions, define coverage and develop stories;
• Orchestrate, nurture and inspire creativity and innovation across platforms;
• Oversee digital programming groups, which include Audience Engagement, the News Desk and Newsletters team;
• Manage Image magazine, Los Angeles Times En Español and emerging verticals;
• Lead multiple large, complex projects and be a role model for interdisciplinary teams;
• Collaborate with other departments such as Video, Audio, the Copy Desk and Design;
• Cultivate positive morale and address issues that dampen it;
• Help lead diversity efforts to build an inclusive staff that reflects the communities The Times serves;
• Collaborate with data analysts to understand our audience and its needs and with product developers, interactive news designers and UX designers working to improve the digital experience of The Times;
• Work with marketing, events, communications, public affairs, human resources and other departments outside editorial as needed;
• Appear on TV and radio on behalf of the L.A. Times and represent the organization at conferences, seminars, professional meetings and employer-sponsored events.
  

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 15 years of experience, with at least 10 in management or comparable roles;
• A track record of fostering teamwork;
• Deep familiarity with newsgathering and journalistic forms, such as investigative, narrative, explanatory and breaking news;
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, as well as creatively;
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills;
• Significant experience in digital journalism;
• An ethical and inclusive approach in the workplace;
• An impeccable moral compass, including a sensitivity to the ongoing transformations in how news is created, produced and consumed.

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