Managing Editor (Policy Research / Think Tank)

About the role

A leading New York City think tank focused on creating a stronger and more equitable economy is hiring a Managing Editor with exceptional editing and writing skills. The organization publishes fact-based policy research that raises awareness of important, often overlooked issues and advances practical solutions to expand economic opportunity. A hallmark of its work is making complex policy research clear and accessible to policymakers, journalists, nonprofit leaders, and other New Yorkers.

Responsibilities

• Leading the editing and project management of a portfolio of research projects while collaborating on others
• Editing publications across formats including long-form policy reports, data briefs, commentaries, op-eds, newsletters, proposals, and funder communications
• Writing and developing original content from report sections and introductions to policy briefs, proposals, speeches, and organizational writing
• Supervising and mentoring members of the research team, helping staff strengthen writing, research, and project management skills
• Helping shape projects from the outset, including framing research questions, identifying sources, developing methodology, and determining findings and recommendations
• Establishing clear deadlines and managing research, writing, revision, and production schedules
• Conducting final quality assurance for factual accuracy, clarity, structure, consistency, and style

Qualifications

• Meaningful professional editing experience, including substantive or developmental editing of long-form content
• Demonstrated experience substantially improving complex drafts, not simply proofreading finished work
• Excellent writer comfortable drafting original material and rewriting when needed
• Ability to make complicated ideas accessible without oversimplifying
• Skilled at moving between big-picture argument and structure and close, sentence-level editing
• Strong organizational skills, able to work across multiple projects and tight deadlines
• Thoughtful and direct in providing feedback, enthusiastic about helping researchers grow as writers
• Intellectual curiosity and genuine interest in the issues shaping New York City
• Experience managing or mentoring writers/researchers strongly preferred. Policy expertise helpful but not required

Benefits

Benefits include comprehensive healthcare with no out-of-pocket costs, generous paid leave (annual, parental, sick), 401(k) contributions, and professional development opportunities.