Managing Editor jobs in Indianapolis, IN

Job Summary:
Current in Noblesville is seeking a managing editor and general assignment writer. The person we hire will become immersed in the community, will have flawless execution of grammar, spelling, style and punctuation and will be collaborative with the editorial content director, the photographer and the art director. Salary based on experience, plus benefits if needed. Send cover letter, resume and your three best clips showing news reporting and feature writing. This is a 25-40 hour per week job.

Please do not apply unless your have 2 years of writing experience.

Please send a resume, cover letter and three writing samples to steve@youarecurrent.com and ben@youarecurrent.com for immediate consideration. Salary will be commensurate with experience, and benefits are part of the comp plan. No phone calls, please. EOE

Managing editors are tasked with:

· Planning and managing the content of an edition or editions.

· Building relationships and a source list that would be the envy of every journalist in metro Indianapolis.

· Be about and for the people of the community. Find compelling stories that play to our research-backed topics of interest and use those to enlighten, inform and/or entertain the audience. In doing so, make our readers healthier, wealthier and/or wiser.

· Covering breaking news ahead of the competition.

o Post it to the website and social media ASAP.

o Follow with a second-day story for the print edition.

· Reporting and writing of the cover story, as well as having three cover-story packages “in the can” at all times.

· Covering (or assigning coverage for) government meetings, economic development, school board meetings and business in general by the same parameters as aforementioned.

· Writing between four and six inside stories a week for print (not including the cover story). Those four to six stories would be in the 300-word range.

· Contributing one news item a day for the Current Morning Briefing.

· Working in concert with the newsroom director/copy chief to adhere to copy-flow and design protocols, the latter of which involves the art director.

· Working with at least one freelancer or intern to help plug coverage gaps or schedule conflicts.

· Working on other tasks as assigned, such as participating in content creation for special sections.

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k match
• Flexible schedule
• Weekly training

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $36,100.00 - $41,600.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Carmel, IN 46032: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Carmel, IN 46032