Senior Editor

About Atlas Obscura

At Atlas Obscura, our mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. As we evolve from a content-led media brand into a product-driven community platform, we are implementing new strategies and tactics that will most effectively attract, engage, and retain audiences while fueling sustainable growth. Our vision is to build the world’s best travel and experiences platform—one that helps people discover the most remarkable places and things to do, powered by community, curiosity, and trust.

Role Overview

The Senior Editor position is a senior editorial operator responsible for executing and evolving production workflows across all content lanes, ensuring top quality output. This role focuses primarily on drafting, editing, adaptation, production, and publishing with assistance from new technologies, while maintaining editorial standards and scope discipline. In addition this role will support our work with freelancers for campaign-funded projects that may require external assignments and will include some community-focused content projects.

Reporting to the Executive Editor, this role helps translate strategy into daily execution and ensures that content production is fast, consistent, and scalable.

Core Responsibilities

• Use data and analytics tools, our CMS, and evolving technologies to draft, edit, adapt, and QA content across editorial, branded, and community formats.
• Translate editorial standards into prompts, templates, formats, and automated checks with an eye toward efficiency.

• Own end-to-end production and publishing for assigned content, including CMS and newsletter tools
• Coordinate with Content Ops to keep work moving on schedule and within scope.
• Maintain consistency across formats, franchises, and reuse surfaces.
• Work closely with Product, Operations, Membership, and Sales to align content execution with platform and revenue goals.
• Support integration of creator and community-generated content into editorial systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a news editor or producer
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, juggling various projects and deadlines
• Strong communication and interviewing skills
• Ability to work independently
• Experience with new technologies, including AI-assisted tools
• A teamwork mentality, flexibility, and a proven ability to consistently work well with others

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape the foundation of a platform in growth mode
• A culture that values curiosity, quality and the craft of building delightful user experiences
• Chance to work with a passionate team dedicated to celebrating the world's hidden wonders
• Competitive salary of $100,000 - $110,000 commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible work arrangements

Atlas Obscura is committed to building a diverse team that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

Location

This role is based in our New York City headquarters and requires in-office work two days per week as part of our hybrid schedule.

Apply

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

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