Executive Editor

The Executive Editor supervises the editorial operations of the Daily Dot and is ultimately responsible for editorial quality and achieving the Daily Dot s strategic goals, working in concert with other departments across the wider company.
This position reports to the Fragment Editor-in-Chief and is the senior leader of the full Daily Dot newsroom, supervising all editorial staff.
This is an executive level position.

• Work with senior staff across the company and with all levels of the newsroom team to establish and execute a comprehensive, long-term editorial plan and oversee its execution.
• Responsible for achievement of editorial objectives.
• Coordinate editorial activities with other departments.
• Manage editorial budget & resources.
• Recruit key personnel and oversee all editorial hiring.
• Ultimate management of all editors and writers within the Editorial department to set goals, standards, and expectations.
  Evaluate editorial leadership and direct performance management for all writers and editors.
• Completes any other duties deemed efficacious by management.

• 7+ years of journalism experience
• 4+ years of management experience
• Extensive knowledge of Internet culture
• Skill at thinking through audience and editorial objectives systematically and developing action plans
• Experience working as part of and managing a virtual team
• Skill in multitasking and prioritizing
• Comfortable in a small, intense and high-growth start-up/entrepreneurial environment
• Experience building, maintaining, and balancing budgets
• Mastery of every aspect of publishing:
  recruiting, pitching stories, assigning, editing, promoting, strategic planning, and coordinating with other departments

Base Salary Range:
$90,000 to $150,000 (plus profit sharing)

About our team:
Fragment Media Group provides a flexible work environment.
Our headquarters are in Austin, Texas, but we have team members all over the country and operate as a fully remote team.
At Fragment Media Group, you ll get the opportunity to take on more responsibilities at a quicker pace than many organizations and work alongside a group of passionate and dedicated team members with a variety of expertise.
We provide competitive salaries, a profit-sharing plan, and comprehensive benefits including time off, the majority of medical and dental premiums covered, flexible spending accounts/HSAs, basic life insurance and disability, and a 401(k) plan.

Fragment Media Group recognizes the value of the broad and rich variety of experiences, ideas, and skills our team members bring to the business.
Beyond compliance with government regulations, we are actively committed to diversity and inclusion, and we wholeheartedly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply; we strive to foster an environment that is actively safe for all our employees and taps the full potential of each employee consistent with the Daily Dot s high standards of performance.
We believe that there is an ongoing benefit to our families, employees, and community when Fragment Media Group supports a diverse workforce, and we are committed to equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity/transgender status, or veteran status.