American Chemical Society
Washington, D.C.
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Job Description
C&EN is looking for a talented executive editor, policy and regulation, to join our team of executive editors who lead teams on life sciences, physical sciences and business. The role will be a crucial part of a leadership team delivering content for a global audience in and around the global chemical enterprise.
Primary Job Accountabilities – What You’ll Do:
- Coordinate C&EN’s coverage of regulation and science policy. Coverage spans national and international science policy, pollution control policy, major regulatory agencies, climate change, the energy transition, food and drug safety, laboratory and industrial safety, research funding and ethics, and scientific publishing. There is a particular focus on regulatory bodies at the level of both national government and multilateral regimes.
- Help conceive, shape, and edit content across a range of formats, ensuring that stories are accurate, balanced, and compelling.
- Work with executive editors and platform editors to ensure C&EN is covering major news developments that cross disciplines.
- Oversee the quality of work and professional development of the team of policy reporters as well as maintain a small network of talented freelance contributors.
- Work with C&EN’s art directors and creative team to deliver the optimal experience for our audience using a range of media.
- Work with analytics and marketing teams to contribute to audience development targets and continued enhancement of our value proposition as a journalism outfit.
- Nurture contacts in the regulatory and science policy communities Contribute to editorial strategy decisions across the newsroom.
What You’ll Bring – Education & Skills:
- An undergraduate degree in chemistry or a related scientific field. Alternatively, you may have the experience to demonstrate comparable technical knowledge.
- Achievement in growing editorial coverage and developing audiences internationally.
- Strong editorial judgment, journalistic values and ethics, and oral communication skills.
- Knowledge of SEO and social media best practices.
- Achievement in delivering compelling web-based journalism for an international audience.
- Up-to-date knowledge of technologies for providing digital journalism in an effective manner in various delivery formats.
- Dynamic and proactive self-starter with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability thrive and lead in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- High comfort levels with change and occasional ambiguity.
What You’ll Bring – Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working as a government or policy journalist including a minimum of 3 years of experience editing content across formats (experience of working principally in digital formats is particularly desired).
- Experience conceptualizing, developing, and shaping powerful, engaging, and accurate stories that resonate with a scientific audience.
- Experience managing journalists through organizational change is highly desired.
- Experience in managing people, production, projects, and budgets with a record of success.