WHO WE ARE

Vox candidly shepherds audiences through politics and policy, business and pop culture, food, science, and everything else that matters.

Vox is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

The Audience Editor will be tasked with developing and executing strategies to help build Vox’s presence across key platforms. They are a journalist with strong editorial instincts and a pulse on what audiences want; they also appreciate a good story and care deeply about serving our audience. Our goal is to use platforms both to reach new audience members and to deepen our engagement with already loyal Vox fans. This person’s mission is to support those goals by highlighting our best work, engaging with our audience regularly, and ultimately helping to ensure that Vox becomes a part of their daily routine. 

They will sit on the audience team in the newsroom and work closely with a wide range of people across the newsroom. 

This role reports to the Associate Director of Audience.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Be the primary manager of Vox’s social media accounts across platforms, with particular emphasis on Instagram. You’ll be responsible for growing engagement and keeping Vox in the conversation, with a focusing on deepening loyalty.  
• Build our presence on other platforms where we can engage existing active audiences, including Bluesky, Reddit, and Substack 
• Act as an expert on social media, headlines, and SEO for the broader newsroom when needed. This includes workshopping headlines with editors and providing feedback
• Analyze what’s working and make adjustments to strategy based on what we’re seeing
• Ensure our highest priority stories and editorial initiatives reach their target audience, by developing distribution strategies and collaborating with internal marketing, communication, and events teams  
• Develop a deep understanding of Vox’s editorial strategy and build relationships with editors, understanding each section’s unique priorities, challenges and needs 
• Work with other audience team members on crowdsourcing audience questions and increasing number of stories coming directly from audience engagement

WHO YOU ARE

• Experience with social media and other content distribution platforms, including Instagram
• Experience with Reddit and Substack a plus but not required
• Experience with video editing also a plus but not required
• Experience with Canva or similar tools
• Strong writing skills; copywriting experience preferred
• Ability to think creatively and pitch and execute new audience engagement ideas 
• Passion for engaging with audiences 
• Understanding of Vox’s editorial mission

 

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is located in New York, DC or remote work. 

 

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East

 

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

 

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.