Senior Editor, Marketing & Digital Content

Overview

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum is located at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters in New York City, with a strong online presence. Since its founding in 1870, The Met aims to foster a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff that is diverse and aligned with our audiences.

Our staff are art lovers who work toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.

At The Met, every staff member – from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond – lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.

Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.

Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.

Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.

Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.

Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.

General statement of responsibilities & duties: As the Senior Editor, you are responsible for managing the editorial process of promotional and event content for all Met Education and Live Arts programs, from concept to strategic content development to final approval. You will oversee and edit a high volume of work, with multiple active projects at any given time. You will bring a marketing and audience-centric eye to content strategy, working with the Senior Manager of Marketing to guide selection of images and graphic design choices.

You will work closely with the broader Marketing team and the Education and Met Live Arts  departments; serve as a key liaison to the Design and Digital Product Departments; and are responsible for oversight of collaborative editorial-related projects.

• Work closely with Education and Met Live Arts  staff to strategically plan and direct execution of program promotional materials to reflect audience needs.
• Work with Marketing, Design, Digital Content, and Digital Product colleagues to develop and maintain optimal presentation of web program listings and materials, including on-site messaging and print materials.
• Oversee editorial process from inception to completion for all Education and Met Live Arts  publications, including selected internal documents such as grants and other reports.
• Coordinate production of program-related publications with Education and Met Live Arts  program staff and the Design department.
• Coach authors on writing style and negotiate content and scope, with focus on accessible content for a broad audience. Able to synthesize complex scholarly material into content that can be understood at a high school level.
• Draft, rewrite, and edit content as needed. Craft snappy and clear marketing copy for everything from an email newsletter subject line to an event title. Ability to generate messaging or title variants on short notice is key.
• Be aware of all scheduled projects and their status, delivering materials on time with clear communication. A desire to continually streamline and improve processes and listen to feedback on processes is a must.
• Represent the editorial voice of The Met and maintain editorial guidelines and standards to ensure consistency with the Museum's editorial style.
• Understand and enforce Marketing best practices; in collaboration with the Senior Manager for Marketing and channel specialists, ensuring that written materials support the broader Marketing strategy and institutional goals.
• Manage and/or edit all content pertaining to program activities on the Museum's website, including event listings, educator resources, and digital features.
• Supervise independent contractors, interns, volunteers and vendors, working within budget as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor of Arts in Marketing, Communications, English, Art History or other relevant fields.
• 5 years of marketing and editing experience. Marketing background preferred (e.g. experience in advertising, digital…