Senior Editor, Leadership and AI Innovation
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Senior Editor at Edutopia shaping school leadership and AI innovation beats. Pitching and writing features that foster engaging discussions in K-12 education.
Responsibilities:
- Edutopia is looking for a sharp, experienced editor to shape its emerging school leadership and AI Innovation beats.
- You'll be pitching and writing features that give educators something concrete to act on and spark real conversation;
- You’ll help shape editorial direction, build relationships with influential voices in leadership, education and AI, and cover everything from classroom tech, leadership and learning science to motivation, student development, and the future of education.
- This is a remote, full-time position with benefits, funded for two years with the possibility of extension.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of journalism/reporting with feature writing, feature editing, and feature assigning experience;
- Ability to identify trends and turn them into sharp, compelling story angles;
- Proven ability to develop sources, grow beats, and create razor-sharp editorial lineups;
- Experience working in fast-paced, deadline-driven digital media environments;
- Genuine interest in improving preK-12 education and curiosity about how leadership and AI are shaping it;
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with editorial, social, video, and community teams;
- Multimedia and multichannel writing, editing, and/or producing experience (Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, etc);
- Ability to represent the organization at in-person conferences and online events, including facilitating panels;
- Working knowledge of foundational AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and more;
- Experience managing more junior staff members is a major plus;
- Experience contributing to or leading podcasts is a major plus.
Benefits:
- This is a rare chance to shape an emerging beat at a respected, mission-driven publication reaching over 12millions readers and viewers every month.
- You'll have real creative latitude—covering leadership and AI innovation in K-12 education in a role with meaningful stability, excellent benefits, and a collaborative (and friendly) team that comes from established editorial brands.

















