Senior Editorial Features Director (Longform Journalism)

This is a Full Time Job

Features Director, Esquire

Why This Role?
Esquire is looking for a visionary Features Director to lead the brand's most ambitious and culturally resonant storytelling across digital, print, and emerging platforms. This is a rare opportunity to shape the voice of a legacy brand through deeply reported narratives, tentpole packages, and longform features that drive national conversation and define cultural authority.

Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
• Commission, edit, and guide high-profile features, cover stories, and narrative journalism packages that embody Esquire's authority in culture, politics, style, and the arts.
• Develop and execute longform editorial strategy across Esquire's digital and print platforms, ensuring a balance of ambition, creativity, and timeliness.
• Cultivate relationships with established writers while discovering and developing new talent that reflects a wide range of perspectives and voices.
• Collaborate with design, photography, and digital teams to elevate storytelling presentation across formats.
• Partner with audience development, SEO, and social teams to ensure maximum reach and engagement for Esquire's biggest stories.
• Work closely with senior leadership on tentpole editorial projects, awards submissions, and brand-defining features.
• Identify opportunities to expand storytelling across emerging platforms, including podcasts and live events.

Qualifications (What We're Looking For)
• Accomplished editor with 8–10 years of experience commissioning and editing narrative features and cover stories at a major media brand.
• Strong editorial judgment and journalistic rigor, with a sharp eye for cultural trends and storytelling that resonates.
• Experience working with marquee writers and emerging voices, providing editorial vision and support throughout the process.
• Adept at managing complex editorial projects from ideation through execution.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work across departments including design, digital, and audience teams.
• Passion for Esquire's mission to define modern culture, style, and storytelling.
• This role is based in New York City and follows a hybrid schedule: 4 days per week in the office.