Senior Culture Editor

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee GQ’s entertainment-focused vertical on GQ.com, shaping editorial priorities, coverage strategy, and daily programming
• Direct coverage spanning film, television, music, podcasts, YouTube, streaming culture, digital creators, sports, and emerging entertainment platforms
• Balance timely news and conversation-driven coverage with ambitious features and enterprise reporting
• Deliver stories and coverage that resonate with and expand GQ’s broad audience—including digital subscribers
• Identify and lead coverage of the biggest entertainment and cultural stories of the moment with a mix of voice, authority, thoughtfulness, and originality
• Develop recurring editorial franchises, packages, and content initiatives that strengthen GQ’s entertainment identity across platforms
• Coordinate editorial coverage for major tentpole moments, including awards seasons, premieres, festivals, album launches, major releases, and other notable cultural events
• Help shape the tone, cadence, and editorial voice of entertainment coverage across the brand
• Work closely with GQ’s features team to assign, edit, and manage major profiles, features, interviews, and enterprise stories online and periodically in print
• Collaborate with staff writers, editors, freelancers, and contributors to develop distinctive reporting and storytelling
• Cultivate relationships with publicists, studios, labels, streamers, talent representatives, creators, and entertainment industry sources
• Identify opportunities for ambitious access-driven journalism and exclusive storytelling
• Contribute to GQ’s entertainment coverage across all platforms, including web, print, newsletter, social, and video
• Collaborate closely with audience development, social, video, and creative teams to maximize the reach and impact of entertainment coverage
• Help translate major editorial stories and celebrity moments into cross-platform programming opportunities
• Manage editorial budgets related to entertainment coverage, freelance commissioning, and tentpole programming
• Maintain strong editorial judgment, accuracy, and reporting standards across all coverage
• Foster a collaborative editorial environment while mentoring writers and editors where appropriate

Qualifications

• 7+ years of editorial experience covering entertainment, culture, media, or celebrity journalism
• Strong experience managing digital editorial programming and fast-paced cultural coverage
• Excellent editing skills with experience shaping features, profiles, criticism, and conversation-driven journalism
• Deep understanding of the entertainment industry and contemporary pop culture landscape
• Strong news judgment and the ability to identify stories that will resonate with a broad, digitally engaged audience
• Experience developing editorial franchises, programming strategies, and cross-platform storytelling initiatives
• Familiarity with audience development, social media ecosystems, newsletters, and digital publishing trends
• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple editorial priorities simultaneously