Food Editor

• Lead and manage a team of two food reporters, a restaurant critic and a digital producer, setting priorities and providing hands-on coaching to help each person grow.
• Oversee strategy for food coverage, including assigning and editing stories for digital and print, managing newsletters and monitoring metrics to identify opportunities for growth.
• Use analytics to make informed decisions about story timing, placement and audience engagement, and share those insights with your team.
• Work with editors to ensure stories are publication-ready with strong visuals and compelling presentation.
• Coordinate with our social media, audience and photo teams to maximize the reach and impact of coverage.
• Help plan coverage strategies for major events, breaking news and enterprise projects across digital and print.
• Assist with planning and coordinating video and audio projects, including the weekly Eat Drink D-FW podcast.
• Lead the next phase of our top restaurant dining guides series, growing it into a must-read franchise that keeps our audience coming back for more.
• Responsible for all aspects of employee management, including recruitment, interviewing, selection, onboarding and retention.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations; provide constructive feedback and coaching to support employee development and accountability.
• Administer progressive discipline and counseling as needed, in alignment with company policies and procedures.
• Oversee scheduling, workload distribution and delegation of responsibilities to ensure balanced team performance and productivity.

• A bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field and at least five years of experience
• Exceptional news judgment, accuracy and core journalism skills, including a flair for headlines and a sharp editorial eye
• A genuine passion for food culture that informs smart, impactful coverage
• Strong ability to edit everything from quick-turn breaking news to in-depth enterprise stories
• Fluency in audience analytics and the ability to translate data insights into news gathering decisions
• Expertise in multi-platform digital content strategy across desktop, mobile, social and emerging platforms
• Strong planning and organizational skills with keen attention to detail
• A collaborative, people-first approach to coaching and developing journalists
• An excellent communicator who thrives under deadline pressure and works well across diverse teams
• Creative, forward-thinking mindset aligned with our growth goals.

Demonstrates strong leadership in managing a team of journalists, with a focus on coaching, performance evaluation, and employee development. Proficient in multi-platform digital content strategy and audience analytics to drive impactful food coverage.

• Team Leadership
• Audience Analytics
• Multi-Platform Digital Content Strategy
• Editorial Skills
• Performance Management

• Journalism
• Editing
• Content Strategy
• Data Analysis
• Story Assignment
• Visual Presentation
• Podcast Production
• News Coverage Planning
• Metrics Monitoring
Employee Recruitment

• Communication
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Organizational Skills
• Creativity

• Food Culture
• Digital Media
• Print Media
• Audience Engagement
• Breaking News
• Enterprise Projects
• News Judgment
• Performance Evaluation
• Progressive Discipline
• Workload Distribution