Assistant Managing Editor
Gulfshore Life
- Bonita Springs, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
Gulfshore Life is a well-established luxury lifestyle publication with 54 years as the authority on the people, places, and culture of Southwest Florida (think: Naples, Sanibel Island, Fort Myers … white sandy beaches, palm-lined streets, Everglades marshes). We showcase the soul of Southwest Florida through our monthly flagship publication and ~7 special editions a year. Through our parent company, WINK News, we represent the brand on TV and expand our reach to 80% of households in Southwest Florida.Who We're Looking For:
We're seeking a brilliant, highly collaborative Assistant Managing Editor (AME) to join our team in Bonita Springs, FL. In this dual role, you'll work closely with our executive team to keep the editorial trains running on schedule while owning a beat or contributing to lifestyle content in areas, such as food, art, home design, style, nature and wellness. The ideal candidate is a big-thinking editor, who is resourceful, adaptable, super organized and detail-oriented, has strong social-intelligence skills, and has solid experience producing lifestyle content while keeping teams on track.Please look at some of our recent issues to get a feel for our brand before applying:What You'll Do:
- Ensure deadlines are met by tracking stories from assignment to completion, upgrading workflow processes, and keeping the team informed on project statuses and goals
- Manage production schedules and issue lineups; manage production of our annual listings, such as Best of the Gulf and Top Docs
- Edit and proofread stories to ensure editorial standards are upheld
- Stay updated on local lifestyle news and national trends to assist in developing timely and engaging stories for our readers
- Depending on experience, contribute to or own a beat, ideating, writing, assigning, and editing stories for print and online
- Assist with recruiting and hiring staff, interns and freelancers
- Upgrade and operationalize our onboarding process to ensure new hires get up to speed efficiently
- Manage access to our digital tools and subscriptions
- Help manage editorial awards submissions
- You have a bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field
- You have 8+ years of post-grad experience in publishing, with at least 2 years in a management or assistant management role
- You have experience working at lifestyle magazines and understand how things work across teams and functions
- You have superb research, reporting, writing and editing abilities
- You are a natural problem solver and skillful communicator who can identify and effectively voice challenges and solutions before they become major issues
- You are adaptable, resourceful and have strong social-intelligence skills
- You receive feedback with openness and willingness to implement suggestions and are highly motivated by self-improvement and growth
- You have superb planning and organizational skills and work well in a deadline-driven environment and under pressure when needed
- You are a fantastic collaborator and communicator
- You love magazines and lifestyle journalism
- You have experience covering luxury content (preferred)
Gulfshore Life is an equal-opportunity employer.
How to Apply:Before applying, please and review a couple of recent issues (links to and ) to get a feel for what we do. Apply through the link provided through the link on LinkedIn, Indeed or your platform of choice.What we believe:
- Above all, we believe local journalism is essential to a community.
- With our readers: We aim to empower our Southwest Florida region with artfully produced stories that help them feel proud of where they live and showcase local people, places and ideas they can support.
- In the journalism industry: We work to produce the highest-quality stories possible, with artful photography, engaging longform writing, and plenty of good reasons for readers to step away from devices and into the refuge of print media (we do digital, too, of course, but print is our love and bread-and-butter).
- For our editors: We foster conscientious, whip-smart, resourceful journalists with superlative reporting and writing skills, strong editorial judgment and uncompromising standards. As a team, we embrace a culture of continuous growth and learning, with feedback embraced as a valuable tool. Our standards are high but so are our empathy and appreciation for each other, our drive to create and our desire to have fun while doing what we love.
Full-time new hires: Eligible to participate in all Company benefit plans, including:
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance, and HSA
- 1st of the month after 30 days employment
- Subject to plan terms
- Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance & EAP and employee-paid benefits such as short-term disability
- PTO – Earned on Accrual Basis
- Company-Paid Holidays
- 401(k)
#LI-onsiteSouthwest Florida is often praised as being one of the healthiest and happiest places in the world with miles of white-sand beaches and a dynamic community. Broadcast Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are a drug-free and smoke-free environment.Powered by JazzHR