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• Non-profit / journalism Creative Circle Whippany, NJ Full-Time Apr 11, 2026 Marketing Apply Now Job Description Our client, a mission-driven, nonprofit-owned provider of journalism is currently seeking a Managing Editor to join their team fulltime.

This position will be 5 days per week onsite in New Jersey. About the Role Our client is seeking an experienced and mission-driven Managing Editor to lead a team of approximately 15 editors and reporters serving local communities across New Jersey. Their journalism reaches readers through 13 publications, published online seven days per week and in weekly print editions. As a nonprofit organization, they offer the opportunity to focus squarely on journalistic excellence, public service, and community impact. The Managing Editor oversees the full lifecycle of news gathering, production, and distribution

• ensuring accuracy, quality, and timeliness across digital, email, and print platforms. Key Responsibilities
• Recruit, manage, coach, and support local news journalists
• Edit all digital articles in collaboration with the Deputy Editor prior to publication
• Edit and approve all print pages before production and delivery to the printer
• Provide hands-on quality assurance for online content, newsletters, and print layouts
• Collaborate with the Production Manager to ensure all daily and weekly deadlines are met
• Manage newsroom budgets and administrative systems, including invoicing and expense reporting, in alignment with the organizations overall budget
• Oversee the freelance contributor network and manage content-sharing partner relationships
• Engage with readers, community members, and stakeholders to build strong relationships and identify new opportunities
• Partner with the CEO and Publisher to help evolve the organization toward long-term sustainability and growth

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree preferred
• 5+ years of experience managing local or community news teams preferred
• Deep commitment to the mission of local journalism and nonprofit news
• Enthusiasm for building sustainable community news organizations in a changing media landscape
• Proven experience recruiting, managing, mentoring, and motivating journalists
• Comfortable operating resourcefully within a lean budget
• Meticulous and efficient editor with strong command of AP style
• Able to share weekday and weekend editing responsibilities with the Deputy Editor
• Proficient with digital content management systems (Blox preferred)
• Experience working with print and email workflows, including InDesign and Constant Contact
• Strong ownership of deadlines, schedules, and newsroom workflows
• Experience managing budgets, invoicing, and expense reporting
• Demonstrated success overseeing multi-channel distribution of staff, syndicated, and freelance content
• Willingness to take on varied responsibilities in a fast-paced newsroom
• Collaborative mindset suited to an open-office environment In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data.

This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also: Email your resume in Word to: pamela.koenig@jobalert.creativecircle.com

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• Senior Recruiter For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa.

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programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States. This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 03/31/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed. Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle. Copyright 1999

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