Director of Editorial, Axios Live

The role

The Director of Editorial, Axios Live oversees editorial content, event framing, and strategic list building for Axios Live programming. This person leads a small team to ensure editorial standards and Smart Brevity style are upheld across public-facing materials and live events.

What you will do

• Oversee drafting, editing, and approval of public-facing live event materials
• Oversee curation and tiering of editorial participants for Axios Roundtables
• Lead, coach, and manage a small team of editorial writers and coordinators
• Manage coverage assignments and collaboration with the newsroom
• Own day-of editorial coverage for assigned live events
• Work in alignment with Head of Editorial Live, newsroom, operations, and sales
• Manage real-time editorial flow during live events
• Guide the team in utilizing approved AI tools and custom GPTs

Required qualifications

• 6–8+ years of journalism, editorial editing, live-event content creation, or public policy/media experience
• Proven people management experience
• Sharp editorial and news judgment
• Deep understanding of policy, business, and tech trends
• Strong command of Axios Smart Brevity
• Demonstrated expertise in room curation and list strategy
• Experience navigating commercial/client partnerships while maintaining editorial independence
• Exceptional writing, line-editing, and copy-editing skills
• High operational rigor to manage overlapping deadlines
• Familiarity with AI-assisted research and editing tools
• Ability to travel for major Axios Live events and activations as needed

Nice to have

• experience ideally within a fast-paced newsroom or live news setting

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate

About the company

Axios is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. The company embraces artificial intelligence as a core part of how they work.