[Hiring] Managing Editor @Sentient

Role Description

Sentient is seeking an experienced Managing Editor to help lead our growing newsroom and oversee the day-to-day editorial operations behind our investigative and accountability journalism on factory farming and its effects on climate, animals, workers, public health and rural communities.

Reporting to Sentient’s Editor-in-Chief, the Managing Editor will:

• Manage daily editorial workflow.
• Work closely with editors, staff reporters, and freelance contributors.
• Oversee story assignments and edits.
• Help set and uphold Sentient’s editorial standards across the newsroom.

This role is central to ensuring Sentient’s journalism is accurate, timely and impactful, and will play a key part in managing the newsroom’s continued growth.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in journalism, including several years in a newsroom manager or leadership role.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple reporters, projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong news judgment and a track record of shaping accurate, high-impact journalism.
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills.
• Experience with fact-checking and editorial standards processes.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fully remote environment.

Requirements

• Experience reporting or editing on agriculture, food systems, climate, animal welfare or environmental issues.
• Experience managing freelance writers and contributors.
• Experience in nonprofit or mission-driven journalism.
• Familiarity with audience engagement.
• Experience with data journalism or investigative reporting techniques.

Benefits

• This is a full-time (40 hours per week) position that is remote.
• Salary: $110,000 - $118,000 USD annually.
• Health, Dental & Vision Benefits.
• Professional Development Allowance.
• 401K plan.
• Competitive Paid Time Off.
• Annual Remote Office Supply Stipend.