Editorial Director

The editorial director leads key editorial workstreams for a Johnnie Studio account in the B2B tech space. This client-facing individual will split time between strategic workstream leadership and tactical editing and writing responsibilities. The content under their purview ranges from technical business messaging to longform editorial storytelling.

This individual will oversee work from a team of writers/editors, ensuring strong work quality, processes, and experience for both JS team members and clients. They will collaborate with project managers, strategists, designers, and stakeholders in their day-to-day work, and will partner especially closely with a program manager in their workstream leadership.

The editorial director will report to the senior editorial director and work closely with them to create and maintain the ecosystem of the client's editorial department by assessing, managing, and executing on both internal and external account needs.

This role may include manager responsibilities, and as such, the editorial director will help to hire and onboard new editorial resources, optimize cross-team operations, manage resourcing, and institute the tools, guidelines, and standards that help their team members work successfully.

Responsibilities

• Work with client and senior JS team members to ensure successful workstreams and client relationships.
• Implement and maintain high editorial standards that ensure that all editorial content and process under your purview is top-quality.
• Lead team members toward a unified vision and provide the tools and oversight necessary to ensure continued success.
• Seamlessly transition between account leadership and in-the-weeds writing and editing, and know when you are best suited to lean into each.
• Collaborate with clients, account managers, strategists, designers, and proofreaders/freelance writers to develop and iterate on processes and best practices.
• Review content to ensure it is compelling, clean, and adheres to both the project requirements, aligns to the respective overarching client style guide, and achieves strategic goals.
• Manage copywriters, managing editors, and freelance writers to ensure a positive working experience on the project. For any direct reports, regularly check in on, assess, and support their progress, weekly/daily workloads, skill development, job satisfaction, and career goals.
• Continual development, ownership, and deep understanding of account style guides.
• Regularly gauge the current and upcoming needs for the account and ensure the team is well positioned to serve them.

What we're searching for

• Experience writing and managing content for enterprise-level organizations.
• A strategic leader who can prioritize across the account and keep a dual focus on micro and macro initiatives.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• A creative conceptor and leader who can identify and manage editorial needs across the account.
• Ability to streamline, interpret, and implement feedback from clients and team members.
• A nimble mind and ability to think one step ahead, solving for problems before they arise.
• Excellent organizational skills and an eye for consistency across projects.
• Readiness to dig in, learn complex subject matter, and ensure that all writers and managing editors are prepared with the knowledge and materials they need for successful project execution.
• Ability to manage writers and support their skill development.
• A collaborative spirit and a resourceful approach.
• Research skills, including ensuring all content aligns with source copy and background documentation.

Requirements

8+ years in the field, including:

• Experience in a director-level position
• Experience in an agency setting
• B2B business writing experience, preferably in the tech space
• Management experience, preferably including both clients and direct reports

We offer
:

• A flexible remote work structure -- with opportunities to work from an office environment if that's how you prefer to work
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement plan
• HSA program
• Basic life coverage
• Parental leave program
• Uncapped vacation policy -
  With structures in place to ensure people deliver a full-time work product and take ample time away

About Johnnie Studio:

At Johnnie Studio, we're focused on a core founding principle: leveraging our innovative model to create unique and impactful content, all without the overhead and complexity in how most agencies operate. We're small by design to best serve some of the largest organizations in the world, producing high-performing creative that resonates with modern audiences.

We staff a seasoned team and extensive network of niche specialists that seek to produce innovative work, investing heavily in ability, benefits, and remote-working solutions for the modern workforce—we are a fully remote creative studio with a flexible vacation policy and team members in every major U.S. time zone. There's no marble-tiled lobby on Main Street here: Responsible resourcing and fearless transparency are what make Johnnie a great team to work for, and trust and empathy are what make Johnnie a great team to work with.

Ready to apply? Reach out to