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ABOUT THINKINK
THINKINK is a specialist B2B communications agency serving technology companies across aviation, travel, loyalty, payments, retail, marketing technology, and sustainability. We turn complex ideas into clear communications that strengthen market positioning and support commercial results. Our work spans strategy, PR, research, thought leadership, content, digital marketing, branding, and design.
CONTENT AT THINKINK
Our content makes complex business and technology topics accessible to professional audiences. Assignments range from thought leadership on airline distribution and travel payments to research reports, executive perspectives, and B2B campaigns. Some support PR and earned media; others support websites, lead generation, and sales enablement. Each requires sound editorial judgment and an understanding of its audience and commercial purpose.
We're looking for someone who can own both editorial quality and the processes behind exceptional content.
THE ROLE
This is a senior, hands-on editorial leadership and content operations role. You'll be THINKINK's primary editorial authority and manage content production across multiple client accounts.
You'll ensure content is strategically relevant, accurate, well-written, and consistent with client requirements. You'll oversee production from briefing and writing through editing, review, approval, and delivery.
You should be comfortable substantially editing research reports, briefing writers, reviewing thought leadership with account managers, and managing concurrent projects. You'll provide direct, constructive feedback, create structure, and keep deadlines on track.
While you'll write when needed, this is not primarily a writing role. Your focus is editorial quality and efficient, consistent, timely production.
Four things are essential:
1. B2B travel technology experience. You must have directly developed and edited business-focused content for companies in the travel technology ecosystem, including platforms and providers supporting aviation, travel distribution, payments, loyalty, or travel commerce. Consumer travel marketing, hospitality, tourism, or destination promotion alone is insufficient.
You must have written and edited content in at least three of these sectors:
Aviation and Travel Technology
Loyalty
Payment Technology
Retail Technology
Sustainability
Candidates without experience in at least three of these sectors will not be considered.
2. Corporate or agency editorial experience. You must have substantial B2B content experience in a corporate marketing/communications department or established PR, communications, or marketing agency. Journalism experience is welcome alongside commercial communications expertise.
3. Advanced writing and editing. You must independently evaluate, restructure, and substantially improve sophisticated B2B content, grasp complex subjects quickly, and guide other writers with clear feedback.
4. Content operations and project management. You must have managed concurrent content projects in structured project management software, including briefs, assignments, deadlines, reviews, revisions, and delivery without constant oversight.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Editorial Leadership & Quality Control
Lead editorial review and quality control across client accounts.
Improve content clarity, accuracy, structure, tone, consistency, and strategic relevance.
Ensure alignment with client objectives, audiences, messaging, and brand guidelines.
Give writers actionable feedback; resolve routine editorial issues and escalate sensitive matters appropriately.
Content Operations & Project Management
Manage production from request and brief through writing, editing, review, approval, and delivery.
Create briefs covering objectives, audiences, messaging, deliverables, channels, deadlines, and approvals.
Coordinate review cycles, consolidate feedback, and manage revisions.
Maintain accurate tasks, schedules, statuses, and time records in project management software.
Identify bottlenecks and recurring revision problems; implement practical improvements.
Hands-On Writing & Content Development
Write B2B thought leadership, research-based content, white papers, executive communications, messaging frameworks, and marketing/PR materials as needed.
Research topics, evaluate sources, and strengthen arguments and evidence.
Substantially rewrite content when copyediting is insufficient.
Apply SEO, search intent, buyer personas, and calls to action to marketing content.
Uphold accuracy, originality, source verification, and editorial integrity.
Client Collaboration, Writer Development & Process Improvement
Work with account managers and clients to clarify objectives and editorial requirements.
Join client discussions when editorial expertise is needed.
Coach writers and contributors; maintain guidelines, briefs, style guides, and QC checklists.
Support responsible AI-assisted content use while verifying accuracy and originality.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
8–10 years of professional B2B writing and editing experience for travel technology companies or technology providers serving travel.
At least 5 years in corporate marketing/communications or an established PR, communications, or marketing agency.
Strong knowledge of travel industry's commercial and technology ecosystem, beyond consumer travel brands.
Experience developing and substantially editing research reports, white papers, thought leadership, and executive communications.
Understanding of PR/editorial versus B2B marketing content, brand voice, audiences, and messaging.
Confidence providing constructive editorial feedback and resolving issues independently.
Ability to create complete briefs and identify missing production requirements.
Proficiency managing assignments, deadlines, reviews, and statuses in structured project management software.
Experience directing other writers and contributors.
Independence, organization, and sound judgment in a remote team with shifting priorities.
Highly Desirable
Experience across aviation technology, travel distribution, payments/fintech, and loyalty technology.
B2B technology-focused PR or marketing agency background.
Journalism experience combined with corporate or agency editorial work.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
You'll take ownership of complex B2B assignments, clarify client goals, create production plans, guide writing and review, and deliver polished work with minimal oversight.
You'll establish consistent editorial standards, provide complete briefs, reduce revisions and executive intervention, keep project records accurate, and identify risks before deadlines slip. You'll know when to make an editorial decision and when to escalate a strategic issue.
Above all, you'll improve both content quality and production efficiency so account teams can focus on client relationships and PR strategy.
WHY THINKINK?
Shape editorial quality and content production for global B2B technology clients alongside experienced strategists, writers, researchers, PR professionals, and designers. You'll own an important agency function, improve processes, and help build an effective content operation.
We're a remote-first team that values curiosity, collaboration, accountability, and sound judgment. You'll have room to make decisions, contribute ideas, and challenge assumptions.
SALARY RANGE
$75,000–$85,000 USD
BENEFITS
Fully remote work environment
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance (US candidates)
Flexible vacation and personal time policy
Company-wide Christmas/New Year shutdown
WeWork co-working membership
Professional development and continuing education support
OTHER
No Agencies: We do not accept applications, referrals, or candidate submissions from staffing or recruitment agencies.
Writing & Editing Samples: Required
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in assistant managing editor jobs.
- Three to five years of editing or editorial coordination experience at a media outlet or content organization
- Demonstrated proficiency with AP Style or Chicago Manual of Style
- Experience managing editorial calendars, production schedules, and contributor workflows
- Strong copy editing skills including grammar, fact-checking, and headline writing
- Proficiency with a content management system such as WordPress or a comparable platform
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, English, communications, or a related field
Tips for Your Assistant Managing Editor Job Search
Tailor your resume to editorial workflows
Hiring editors look for evidence you've managed editorial calendars, coordinated contributors, and hit publication deadlines under pressure. Lead with those specifics rather than generic writing credits. Quantify your output where you can, such as issues produced or contributors managed.
Show style guide ownership on your resume
Many assistant managing editor postings require hands-on experience with AP, Chicago, or house style guides. Name the guides you've enforced and note whether you wrote or maintained any yourself. Vague references to 'editing experience' won't stand out the way a named style authority will.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists assistant managing editor openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that match your content vertical
An assistant managing editor who has worked in trade publishing rarely competes well against digital-news candidates, and vice versa. Filter your search by outlet type, audience size, or subject area so your application speaks directly to the editorial context each employer lives in.
Prepare a clips package that shows editorial judgment
Bring a portfolio that includes pieces you assigned and edited, not just your own bylines. Annotate one or two examples to explain the editorial decision-making involved. Hiring editors want to see you can shape other people's work, not only produce your own.
Negotiate your title range, not just salary
Many editorial organizations fill assistant managing editor roles from a band that also includes associate editor and managing editor titles. Ask during the offer conversation where this role sits in the editorial hierarchy and what the typical promotion timeline looks like before you accept.
Assistant Managing Editor Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most assistant managing editors?
The most active employers for assistant managing editors right now are ACBJ, WHYY, and NCCER, and the most openings are in Illinois, California, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Media companies, digital publishers, and content agencies consistently account for the largest share of open roles.
How many assistant managing editor jobs are remote?
About 75% of assistant managing editor openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting a broader shift in editorial operations toward distributed teams. Roles focused on digital content production and audience development tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while print-centric or broadcast-adjacent positions more often require an on-site presence.
How do you become an assistant managing editor?
Start by building a foundation as a staff writer, associate editor, or editorial coordinator where you gain hands-on experience assigning stories, editing copy, and managing production schedules. Develop fluency in at least one major style guide. Pursue roles that give you direct responsibility for contributors or a content section, since employers promoting into assistant managing editor positions want evidence of team coordination, not just strong writing.
How do you get hired as an assistant managing editor with little experience?
Focus on roles at smaller outlets, regional publications, or content agencies where the editorial team is lean and junior staff take on broader responsibilities faster. Highlight any experience running a newsletter, managing a student publication, or coordinating freelancers, even informally. A portfolio that shows you can shape and improve other writers' work matters more at this level than a long list of your own bylines.
What does the assistant managing editor interview process look like?
Most employers start with a recruiter or HR screen, followed by a conversation with the managing editor or editorial director. Expect a skills assessment, often a copy editing test, a headline-writing exercise, or a sample editorial calendar task. Final-round interviews typically involve a panel with cross-functional colleagues such as audience, design, or production staff, and the conversation will probe how you handle competing deadlines and contributor relationships.
Where can I find and apply to assistant managing editor jobs?
You can find and apply to assistant managing editor jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and editorial focus, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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