Managing Editor, Daily Desk (Remote)
The Athletic Media Company(1 month ago)
About this role
The Managing Editor for The Athletic’s Daily Desk oversees planning and coordination of daily sports coverage across the newsroom. The role focuses on improving workflows, aligning coverage with key sports moments, and ensuring high-quality, timely journalism. This position manages and coaches editors, collaborates closely with reporters and vertical editors, and works with audience, design, and photo teams to maximize impact. The job is fully remote for candidates in the U.S. or Canada and supports 24/7 global coverage in conjunction with the London team.
Required Skills
- News Judgment
- Workflow Planning
- Team Coordination
- Copy Editing
- Story Editing
- Staff Management
- Schedule Planning
- Breaking News
- Coverage Strategy
- Search Optimization
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Qualifications
- 10+ Years Editing Experience
- 4+ Years Managerial Experience
About The Athletic Media Company
nytimes.comThe New York Times is a leading global news organization and newspaper that publishes breaking news, investigations, opinion, photos and video from journalists in more than 150 countries. It provides wide-ranging coverage of U.S. and international news across politics, business, technology, science, health, arts and sports, and produces multimedia storytelling, podcasts, interactive features and popular puzzles and games. The Times operates a subscription-based digital platform offering newsletters, searchable archives and specialized coverage, and is known for high-impact investigative journalism and editorial standards.