[Hiring] Managing Editor @GAMURS Group

Role Description

This is an opportunity to reshape a brand with real history and a strong voice. You'll take a team of 20+ staff writers, freelance writers, and subeditors, publishing between 600 and 1,000 articles a month, and lead them as the team grows in size and navigates new distribution models, platforms, wider coverage, and a rapid growth trajectory.

• Lead the reinvention of how The Mary Sue covers entertainment, politics, and internet culture, for a team of writers publishing at scale.
• Build out our multimedia approach to journalism and reporting, including short-form video, and own the strategy to scale this growth opportunity.
• Develop robust story ideation and sourcing workflows/strategies across various platforms (including TikTok, Reddit, social media) to make sure The Mary Sue is ahead of the curve on finding the next big story, not just reacting to other publishers.
• Coach writers toward becoming confident self-publishers and copyeditors in their own right.
• Recruit new writers as the team grows.
• Ensure The Mary Sue meets its publishing guidelines and contributes to conversation ethically and accurately.
• Work directly with syndication platforms like MSN, Newsbreak, or Yahoo, taking the time to understand what works where.
• Plan and assign coverage built primarily around written content and article performance, with social as a growing secondary focus over time.
• Keep organic search and SEO best practices in good health as a maintained part of the business, without allowing them to dominate your entire publishing strategy.
• Own the data and economics behind the coverage: what we're spending, why, and what the return looks like.

Qualifications

• Editorial leadership experience, ideally in fast-moving news, culture, or entertainment media.
• Experience overseeing, curating, and distributing editorial-first video is a major plus.
• Syndication experience (MSN, Yahoo, Newsbreak, Smart News, or similar) is a strong plus, given how central syndication is to our model today.
• Strong, adaptable people management and recruitment.
• An editor who invests in developing writers, not just editing their copy.
• Comfortable working with data and pulling traffic and revenue numbers from multiple sources, using them to drive editorial decisions.
• Understands cost, spend, and margin, not just pageviews.
• Social instincts across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, with an interest in building and growing channels.
• Alignment with The Mary Sue's voice and legacy.
• A bonus if you bring experience in travel or lifestyle/wellness content and can see how it fits our brand.
• Newsletter experience and strategy is a plus, though not essential.

Equal Opportunities

The Mary Sue is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation. LGBTQI+ candidates are warmly welcomed and encouraged to apply.