Managing Editor

About the role

The Managing Editor is a cornerstone role at Gulfshore Life Magazine. This is a full-time, in-office position based in Bonita Springs, South Florida. The role involves shaping how the magazine functions day-to-day, building the systems and workflows that enable a creative team to work efficiently while maintaining a high editorial standard.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize editorial workflow
• Anticipate pressure points and adjust timelines, workloads and expectations before problems arise
• Keep the team aligned on deadlines, deliverables and next steps
• Identify where workflows can be streamlined without compromising editorial quality
• Create templates and playbooks for story development, captions, proofing, fact-checking and layout workflows
• Identify single-point bottlenecks and design systems that distribute knowledge and responsibility
• Shape and elevate drafts across design, arts & culture, food & wine, wellness, profiles, service packages, society and philanthropy
• Guide writers and junior editors with clear structural and conceptual edits
• Hire, develop and mentor talent
• Lead hiring and onboarding for fellows, interns and junior editors
• Build repeatable frameworks that help junior staff grow and operate more independently
• Drive multi-issue planning
• Map overlapping magazine cycles and ensure realistic staffing and sequencing
• Partner closely with design and photo on art needs, timelines and page flow
• Maintain lineup documents, trackers and schedules
• Support the Editor-in-Chief
• Serve as a strategic partner on planning, quality control and systems design
• Provide clear-eyed assessments of staffing needs, workflow stress points and process improvements

Requirements

• 10+ years of editorial experience in magazines, high-level lifestyle journalism or multi-product media environments
• Proven experience managing complex production calendars and overlapping deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to top-edit with clarity, structural insight and high editorial standards
• Strong organizational and time-management skills; comfort with detail-heavy workflows
• Experience in developing and managing freelancers
• Ability to collaborate with design, photo and digital teams on story packaging
• Digital fluency—comfortable shaping stories for web and social
• Willingness to work in-office full-time and attend evening/weekend events as needed
• A calm, authoritative communication style that reinforces accountability and builds trust

Qualifications

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods and use hands for typing and editing
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds occasionally
• Visual and auditory ability to review content and attend meetings

Skills

• Editorial leadership
• Systems thinking
• Top-editing
• Workflow optimization
• Talent development
• Multi-issue planning
• Collaboration with design and photo teams
• Digital fluency

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 1st of the month after 30 days of employment
• Subject to plan terms
• Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance & EAP and employee-paid benefits such as short-term disability
• PTO – Earned on Accrual Basis
• Company-Paid Holidays
• 401(k)

Pay

• Competitive salary

Schedule

• Full-time, in-office role