Managing Editor
On-site · Bonita Springs, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Managing Editor for Gulfshore Life Magazine: oversee and optimize editorial workflows across monthly issues, special editions, newsletters and digital production; build templates, playbooks and systems to scale the editorial team; top-edit across sections and guide writers and junior editors; hire, develop and mentor interns/freelancers; coordinate multi-issue planning and collaborate with design and photo on art needs, timelines and page flow; in-office full-time role based in Bonita Springs, with occasional evening/weekend events.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of editorial experience in magazines, high-level lifestyle journalism or multi-product media environments
- Proven experience managing complex production calendars and overlapping deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to top-edit with clarity, structural insight and high editorial standards
- Strong organizational and time-management skills; comfort with detail-heavy workflows
- Experience in developing and managing freelancers
- Ability to collaborate with design, photo and digital teams on story packaging
- Digital fluency—comfortable shaping stories for web and social
- Willingness to work in-office full-time and attend evening/weekend events as needed
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