Senior Travel Editor

Forbes Vetted is seeking an experienced Senior Travel Editor to join our editorial team. The Senior Travel Editor will partner with editorial and strategy leaders to reimagine the strategy for the section, actively shaping future coverage and development of new content formats. This role will be responsible for the planning and execution of all travel coverage—including property reviews, destination guides, travel news and trip deals —and will guide these stories through publication and performance tracking, working with internal team members and external talent as appropriate. 

The ideal candidate is a creative thinker and subject matter expert with 7 or more years of direct prior experience covering travel. The Senior Travel Editor will collaborate with the team’s updates and strategy editors to optimize evergreen content; with the deals and special projects teams for sales events and bigger brand moments; and with the audience development team as a key partner in ideating and bringing content to life for video and social channels and in email newsletters. This role reports to the Forbes Vetted Deputy Lifestyle Editor. 

Responsibilities: 

• Maintain strategic and operational ownership of travel coverage; spearhead initiatives to innovate and grow the section
• Ideate and execute against high-impact content opportunities for the travel section based on search and audience data, trends, seasonality and other KPIs, in collaboration with the deputy lifestyle editor, strategy team and editorial leadership
• Recruit and work closely with travel experts, local reporters and content creators to act as sources for coverage of resorts, properties and destinations globally 
• Report and write best-in-class travel content for Forbes Vetted readers through thorough testing, deep research and reliable expert and source interviews; assign articles to other Forbes Vetted staff and manage their workflow as appropriate
• Act as a thought partner and key collaborator with the Forbes Vetted Audience Development team, together shaping and building dynamic travel content for social, newsletter and video channels as a routine part of travel coverage
• Track and stay accountable for content performance against team and individual goals; encourage experimentation and smart pivots when things go off course
• Participate in sales event coverage, including potentially working shifts over some holiday weekends such as Memorial Day, Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday

The ideal candidate: 

• Is an expert in all things travel with 7+ years of experience strategizing, creating and editing travel content on staff at a major publication or media brand
• Is a highly strategic and engagement-focused editorial leader, with proven success in developing high-impact content formats and franchises and taking them from concept to publish and distribution
• Has deep experience creating and maintaining travel guides and related content for destinations across the world
• Has impeccable writing, editing and reporting skills, plus a deep network of experienced travel experts, local reporters, and PR contacts in the space
• Has experience collaborating with content creators, celebrities, and other notable and influential people to incorporate in coverage
• Is familiar with commerce content and has some experience hands-on testing travel gear and accessories
• Has experience appearing in video; is enthusiastic about translating editorial stories into engaging video content for the Forbes Vetted travel section
• Is eager to innovate and experiment editorially to help grow the Forbes Vetted audience both on-site and off-platform, such as in email newsletters, audio formats and on social media channels
• Major plus: Has 2+ years of managerial experience and has the skills to grow and lead a team to meet the needs of an evolving travel section

The annual base salary range for this role is $95,000 - $105,000

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith.  The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate.  In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so.  Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions.  We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes.  Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!

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