Condé Nast

Senior Culture Editor

1 World Trade Center, New York, NY · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$92k-$140kDetected 30 days ago

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About the role

Direct coverage spanning film, television, music, podcasts, YouTube, streaming culture, digital creators, sports, and emerging entertainment platforms
Coordinate editorial coverage for major tentpole moments, including awards seasons, premieres, festivals, album launches, major releases, and other notable cultural events
Help shape the tone, cadence, and editorial voice of entertainment coverage across the brand

Responsibilities

Develop recurring editorial franchises, packages, and content initiatives that strengthen GQ's entertainment identity across platforms
Work closely with GQ's features team to assign, edit, and manage major profiles, features, interviews, and enterprise stories online and periodically in print
Collaborate with staff writers, editors, freelancers, and contributors to develop distinctive reporting and storytelling

Requirements

7+ years of editorial experience covering entertainment, culture, media, or celebrity journalism
Strong news judgment and the ability to identify stories that will resonate with a broad, digitally engaged audience
Familiarity with audience development, social media ecosystems, newsletters, and digital publishing trends
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible.
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Compensation

The expected base salary range for this position is from $92,000 - $140,000.

Benefits

And they bring a vision for how to make that happen.
Own day-to-day editorial programming, balancing timely news and conversation-driven coverage with ambitious features and enterprise reporting
Deliver stories and coverage that resonate with and expand GQ's broad audience-including digital subscribers
Collaborate closely with audience development, social, video, and creative teams to maximize the reach and impact of entertainment coverage
In owning both daily coverage and ambitious projects, profiles, and projects across multiple platforms, this role will drive cultural conversation…and maybe start a few (good-natured) arguments in the process.
They'll develop new writers and voices, and work closely with colleagues across the brand to make GQ's entertainment coverage unmissable.
Manage editorial budgets related to entertainment coverage, freelance commissioning, and tentpole programming

Company info

GQ is a global authority on style, culture, and modern masculinity, reaching millions of readers across print, digital, video, social, and emerging platforms.
As part of Condé Nast's global network, GQ covers culture through a distinctive lens-one that blends authority, curiosity, style, wit, and a deep understanding of the conversations shaping modern life.
GQ is seeking a Senior Culture Editor to lead the entertainment-focused vertical of GQ.com, overseeing ambitious, fast-moving coverage of film, television, music, podcasts, YouTube, streaming culture, sportxs, internet creators, and the broader entertainment ecosystem that captures the attention of GQ's audience.
The ideal candidate is an experienced editor with exceptional editorial instincts, strong news judgment, and a sophisticated understanding of entertainment, sports, and pop culture.
They should be equally comfortable driving daily coverage, developing long-term editorial franchises, editing sharply-conceived features and celebrity profiles, and helping shape ambitious multi-platform storytelling across web, print, newsletter, social, and video.
They'll get as excited by a best-of (or worst-of) list as by a flawlessly executed celebrity profile.
This role reports directly to the Executive Editor.
Primary Responsibilities
Entertainment Vertical Leadership
Lead and oversee GQ's entertainment-focused vertical on GQ.com, shaping editorial priorities, coverage strategy, and daily programming
Identify and lead coverage of the biggest entertainment and cultural stories of the moment with a mix of voice, authority, thoughtfulness, and originality
Cultivate relationships with publicists, studios, labels, streamers, talent representatives, creators, and entertainment industry sources
Identify opportunities for ambitious access-driven journalism and exclusive storytelling
Contribute to GQ's entertainment coverage across all platforms, including web, print, newsletter, social, and video
Participate in developing entertainment-focused video, social storytelling, live events, newsletters, and multimedia editorial franchises
Help translate major editorial stories and celebrity moments into cross-platform programming opportunities
Oversee freelance assignments and contributor relationships within the vertical

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