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Forbes Vetted is seeking an experienced Senior Travel Editor to join our editorial team. The Senior Travel Editor will partner with editorial and strategy leaders to reimagine the strategy for the section, actively shaping future coverage and development of new content formats. This role will be responsible for the planning and execution of all travel coverage—including property reviews, destination guides, travel news and trip deals —and will guide these stories through publication and performance tracking, working with internal team members and external talent as appropriate.
The ideal candidate is a creative thinker and subject matter expert with 7 or more years of direct prior experience covering travel. The Senior Travel Editor will collaborate with the team’s updates and strategy editors to optimize evergreen content; with the deals and special projects teams for sales events and bigger brand moments; and with the audience development team as a key partner in ideating and bringing content to life for video and social channels and in email newsletters. This role reports to the Forbes Vetted Deputy Lifestyle Editor.
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The annual base salary range for this role is $95,000 - $105,000
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$95,000 — $105,000