Senior Editor, Social

Forbes is seeking a Senior Editor, Social who understands how journalism travels on social platforms and how to make it perform. The role is a vital part of the newsroom's audience team and will lead social strategy across Facebook, X and LinkedIn, as well as emerging platforms, ensuring editorial quality while driving readers back to Forbes.

Responsibilities:

• Run day-to-day social strategy across Facebook, X, LinkedIn and emerging platforms, with a focus on driving high-value audience back to Forbes.
• Manage audience team, editing and guiding on how to package stories for social; oversee scheduling and operations.
• Own performance reporting and use it to adjust strategy day to day.
• Approve all key social copy.
• Manage the publishing schedule across platforms, ensuring timely promotion of editorial, video and commerce content.
• Work with editors and design to package major stories, list launches and special projects.
• Jump into breaking news moments with a hands-on, real-time publishing approach.
• Spot platform trends early and flag opportunities for coverage and packaging.

The ideal candidate:

• Has 5+ years of relevant editorial and social media experience.
• Has experience with news stories.
• Has demonstrated people management experience, including coaching, developing, and leading high-performing teams.
• Has demonstrated success developing social strategies that grow engaged audiences and drive high-value referral traffic.
• Has strong editorial judgment and exceptional copy-editing skills, with experience packaging complex stories for social audiences.
• Has experience across Facebook, LinkedIn & X, with a strong understanding of platform-specific algorithms, evolving features, and best practices for maximizing organic reach and driving community engagement.
• Has experience with social media analytics platforms and tools such as Google Analytics and ability to interpret performance data to inform strategy.
• Has experience with design tools like Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Canva and Figma.

The annual base salary range for this role is $125,000 - $150,000.