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Salary: USD 110,000 - 130,000 / annual
Axios Live is seeking a Director of Editorial to oversee editorial content, event framing, and strategic list building for its live event programming. Reporting to the Head of Editorial Live, you will lead a small team of editorial writers and coordinators to ensure Axios' editorial standards, Smart Brevity style, and journalistic integrity are upheld across all public-facing materials, roundtable discussions, and editorial products.
Axios Live events are among the most sought-after convenings in business, policy, and technology. In this role, you will serve as the editorial compass for the expanding live events portfolio, applying sharp news judgment to shape timely event concepts, curate high-level editorial rooms, take an active role in real-time coverage of major live event moments, and deliver post-event recaps that read as sharp journalism.
Key responsibilities include:
- Oversee drafting, editing, and approval of public-facing live event materials, including event concepts, registration pages, webpages, social coverage, and post-event recap articles using Axios Smart Brevity
- Oversee curation and tiering of editorial participants for Axios Roundtables, ensuring balanced expert perspectives while maintaining editorial control over seating charts and participant mix
- Lead, coach, and manage a small, high-performing team of editorial writers and coordinators; set clear priorities, assign events, review deliverables, and foster a collaborative environment
- Manage coverage assignments and collaboration with the newsroom around covering Axios Live's biggest stages, including Summit and House products
- Own day-of editorial coverage for assigned live events, serving as primary liaison to reporters and newsroom, coordinating quick-turn coverage, leading live social reporting, and writing post-event recaps
- Work in close alignment with Head of Editorial Live, newsroom subject-matter experts, reporters, events operations, pre-sale, sales, and client leads to ensure seamless event execution and brand alignment
- Manage real-time editorial flow during live events, brief moderators, ensure all event materials are accessible for breaking news moments, and serve as lead voice of editorial judgment for live editorial issues on the ground
- Guide the team in utilizing approved AI tools and custom GPTs to streamline initial research, concept brainstorming, and list discovery while rigorously enforcing accuracy and Smart Brevity standards
- Travel for major Axios Live events and activations as needed
Requirements:
- 6–8+ years of journalism, editorial editing, live-event content creation, or public policy/media experience, ideally within a fast-paced newsroom or live news setting
- Proven people management experience with a track record of coaching editorial team members and reviewing high-volume written deliverables under tight deadlines
- Sharp editorial and news judgment with deep understanding of policy, business, and tech trends, and strong command of Axios Smart Brevity
- Demonstrated expertise in room curation and list strategy, with understanding of how to build senior, balanced executive tables (C-suite, policymakers, operators, subject-matter experts)
- Experience navigating commercial/client partnerships while maintaining editorial independence, neutrality, and journalistic red lines
- Exceptional writing, line-editing, and copy-editing skills with ability to develop sharp, audience-facing event concepts and language, distill complex ideas into clear editorial framing, and produce concise, high-value recap articles
- High operational rigor to manage overlapping deadlines across event concept pipelines, guest lists, seating charts, and post-event publications
- Familiarity with AI-assisted research and editing tools, balancing efficiency with journalistic verification
- Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
