Audience Editor, Northeast, Eater

As part of Eater’s mission to build the world’s best restaurant recommendation platform, our Dining team shapes restaurant coverage that helps readers decide where to eat — and why it matters. In this role, you’ll create engaging, trustworthy stories that reflect Eater’s voice and values. You'll hone your voice as a guide and tastemaker for New York, demonstrating local authority while ensuring our work reaches audiences where they are and makes an impact.

All staffers at Eater work across Eater’s umbrella of brands (Eater, Punch, Pre Shift, Thrillist) on a variety of platforms (on-site, social video, newsletter, the app, and more), should be comfortable dining out for work and filing dining reports afterward, and should be willing to participate in social video, including potentially appearing on camera. Additionally, staffers are expected to represent Eater at industry events, brand events, and media and press opportunities.

WHO WE ARE

Eater, the national food publication with outlets across the country, is at the forefront of reporting on the restaurant industry, shaping food culture with its award-winning journalism and programming, and telling people where to eat with its beloved maps and guides.

Eater is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Produce, edit, and distribute social video, with enthusiasm and creativity — willingness to appear on camera is a must.
• Write and edit engaging copy for both Eater’s website and social platforms, with an understanding of how tone and visuals differ across platforms (Instagram, Reels, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, BlueSky, and others).
• Responsible for engaging with audiences across social media, newsletters, and Reddit, including responding to comments, fostering conversation, and maintaining brand voice across platforms.
• Manage newsletter programs, under the direction and strategy of Dining Editorial Manager, including building newsletters in Sailthru and Substack, adapting editorial content for newsletters, basic analytical skills, and inbox management.
• Willingness and ability to dine out for work-related research, including outside of work hours.

WHO YOU ARE

• Proficient in Photoshop to create visually engaging carousels and high-touch social media posts.
• Skills in executing social video (including confidence and poise appearing on camera) and producing audience-focused storytelling on platforms such as Instagram.
• Skills in tastemaking, which will be used to update and/or edit maps, research and write dining reports, etc.
• Ability to break news and write insightful service-oriented features about your region’s dining scene is preferred.
• Experience editing news and service coverage is a plus.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is based in New York, NY.

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WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefitshere.

This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep ourdiversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our valueshere, and our approach to corporate citizenshiphere.

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team ([email protected]).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud,here.