Managing Editor, Think Global Health
Department : David Rockefeller Studies Program : City : New York : State : NY : Additional Locations : US-DC-Washington
Overview
The Council’s David Rockefeller Studies Program is one of the country’s largest foreign policy think tanks with a widely respected and influential research staff. The Studies Program works to advance the public debate on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through its publications, meetings, and public outreach.
Think Global Health is a CFR-sponsored online magazine that examines the ways that health shapes economies, societies, and everyday lives around the world. In its first three years of operation, the site published more than 700 articles from some 750 authors, representing over fifty-five countries on six continents, and attracted 4 million page views. Think Global Health has been nominated for two Webby awards. Major news outlets, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, BBC, and Vox, have shared and linked to Think Global Health articles and interviews.
Under the direction of the Director of the Global Health Program, the Managing Editor will be responsible for managing the magazine’s operations and staff, including writing, soliciting, and editing content, coordinating the work of contributors, and promoting the site and its content.
The major responsibilities of this position will include (but are not limited to):
- Overseeing the Think Global Heath website and the daily work of its staff.
- Overseeing the solicitation of contributors, plan and approve assignments for writers and editors.
- Oversee the editing and preparation of content for the site and its weekly newsletter, including editing copy.
- Writing on emerging global health issues for the site and conducting interviews of leading policymakers, front-line health workers, and other experts in the field.
- Maintaining and updating, as needed, the procedures for editing, verifying facts, ensuring the contributors adhere to deadlines and style guidelines for the Think Global Health website.
- Overseeing the posting of articles on CFR’s content management system to create, build, post, and tag site content.
- Overseeing the use of photography databases to select photographs to accompany articles and coordinate data visualizations for the site.
Qualifications
- Eight or more years’ experience in global health, science, or international affairs journalism
- Exceptional writing and editing skills
- A demonstrated knowledge of and a passion for global health and international affairs
- Experience with digital publishing, social media, and multimedia editing
- Bachelors degree or higher, with a high record of academic achievement
- Familiarity with content management systems, HTML, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and InDesign. Drupal experience preferred
- Prior work with data visualization, particularly Datawrapper experience, preferred
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects in a deadline driven environment
- Entrepreneurial self-starter with proven ability to work with small groups and senior staff, and on projects spanning different time zones and cultural contexts
Pay Range
$120,000 to $150,000 per year
Pay commensurate with experience and education
About CFR
Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a leading nonprofit membership organization, research center, and publisher, with headquarters in New York, an office in Washington, DC, and programs nationwide. It is dedicated to increasing America’s understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. CFR’s 5,000+ members are leaders in international affairs and foreign policy. CFR also publishes Foreign Affairs, the preeminent magazine on global issues, and provides up-to-date information about the world and U.S. foreign policy on its award-winning website, CFR.org.
The Council on Foreign Relations offers a benefits package that is among the best offered by nonprofit institutions today, including an award-winning health and wellness program, an on-site fitness center, and generous leave policies and health insurance programs.
The Council on Foreign Relations is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks candidates from a diverse background.
