Associate Editor Food & Wine

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Food & Wine is looking for an Associate Editor to join our Food team. This editor will help create the recipes cooking stories product tests trend pieces social videos and service-driven food coverage that define Food & Wine across print digital social and video.

We’re looking for a skilled cook sharp writer and detail-oriented editor who can move easily between the kitchen and the page. The ideal candidate understands how to make recipes clear accurate and inspiring; how to translate cooking expertise into approachable service journalism; and how to shape food stories for audiences across platforms including text and video. They should be as comfortable writing a precise recipe headnote as they are pitching a smart supermarket taste test developing a timely cooking explainer or helping turn a recipe into a social-first experience.

In this role you’ll brainstorm research report write edit and package content for Food & Wine. You’ll work closely with editors the test kitchen photo and video teams social teams recipe developers contributors chefs and other partners to bring food stories and recipes from idea to publication. You’ll help maintain Food & Wine’s high standards for accuracy clarity authority and visual storytelling while also thinking creatively about how our food content travels across various platforms.

You should have strong food knowledge excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced editorial environment. Experience in food media test kitchens restaurants culinary production recipe development or digital publishing is strongly preferred. Comfort with social video on-camera work content management systems and web analytics is a plus.

Hybrid 3x a week- (Birmingham) 

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

About The Positions Contributions:

Weight %:  Accountabilities Actions and Expected Measurable Results

• 30%:  Pitch report write and edit food stories recipes headnotes cooking explainers product tests and trend pieces.  Work with the test kitchen and developers to test edit and publish recipes.

• 30%:  Shepherd recipe taste test cooking technique and food explainer videos from conception to publication including pitching concepts shaping editorial angles writing scripts or talking points preparing production notes reviewing cuts and ensuring final assets meet Food & Wine’s standards. 

• 30%:  Collaborate with photo art video social and editorial teams to package food content across print digital newsletter and social platforms.  Track recipe story photo and production schedules to keep projects moving smoothly. Manage and maintain the story pipeline ensuring stories are accurately tracked routed to various departments and delivered on-time.  Develop social-first food ideas and help translate Food & Wine’s authority into engaging short-form video and platform-native content.

• 10%:  Communicate with editors test kitchen staff studio teams chefs contributors vendors and PR contacts.  Represent Food & Wine at events tastings and press opportunities as needed.

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Experience:

• 2-4 years of relevant experience in food media digital publishing magazines recipe development test kitchens restaurants culinary production or equivalent.

• Experience editing recipes recipe headnotes service journalism or food features a bonus.

• Experience developing or supporting food video content for social digital or editorial platforms. This may include collaborating with producers editors culinary teams and on-camera talent as well as appearing on camera and communicating cooking techniques recipe details tasting notes and editorial takeaways in a clear natural and authoritative way.

Specific Knowledge Skills Certifications and Abilities:

• Strong cooking skills and deep curiosity about food recipes ingredients techniques restaurants trends cultures and cuisines.

• Excellent writing editing reporting and communication skills. 

• An organizational wizard able to utilize project management software to track numerous assignments simultaneously (experience with platforms like Airtable Asana Jira or Monday a plus) and shepherd them to where they need to be. 

% Travel Required (Approximate): 5%

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