Senior Editor, Content Partnerships- C&EN

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the award-winning news organization of the American Chemical Society, is seeking a dedicated Senior Editor, Content Partnerships to expand the reach and impact of C&EN's journalism through strategic content distribution and publishing partnerships. This role will oversee the editorial strategy, governance, and performance of C&EN content appearing on third-party platforms, ensuring that the right content reaches the right audiences while maintaining the organization's high editorial standards. The role is co-lead on the development and delivery of the portfolio of news and feature stories produced by the content partnership group.

This position combines editorial expertise, content distribution management, and strategic partnership development. The Senior Editor, Content Partnerships will identify and cultivate external publishing relationships, optimize content delivery workflows, analyze performance metrics, and support audience growth initiatives that extend the global reach of C&EN's journalism.

About C&EN

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) produces authoritative, award-winning journalism from around the world of chemistry, covering research, education, industry, funding, policy, and innovation. As the news organization of the American Chemical Society, C&EN serves a global audience of scientists, researchers, educators, industry professionals, and policymakers.

About ACS Publications

ACS Publications is a Division of the ACS and has all the characteristics of a medium-large scientific and technical publishing organization. It is one of two Divisions charged with serving the dual function of generating a reliable annual surplus to support the Society’s programmatic activities, while also fulfilling a core goal of the Society in advancing knowledge in the field of chemistry and the chemical enterprise. The Division publishes 90+ high-quality peer-reviewed journals covering the breadth of chemistry and allied fields, as well as numerous other products and services of benefit to the global community.

Additionally, ACS Publications is the owner of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) which produces authoritative, award-winning journalism from around the world of chemistry, covering research, education, industry, funding, and policy.

About ACS

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world's largest scientific membership association, with a mission to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people. The ACS Strategic Plan 2025-2029 is guided by core values that include a passion for science, lifelong learning, inclusion and belonging, and sustainability.

Job Responsibilities

• Work effectively with freelance and staff writers, including developing stories of appropriate scope and length, setting deadlines, working through edits, and creating engaging headlines and social trim.
• Support the development of publishing and content sharing agreements, collaborating with the Publisher and the CPG and legal teams
• Monitor partnerships with publications including performance tracking, editorial quality and workflow efficiencies, working closely with colleagues across C&EN and ACS
• Represent C&EN with publication partners, freelance networks and science journalism communities as per the objectives of CPG
• Support the maintenance of an adequate network of contacts and news sources, as well as attend meetings and conferences, to generate story ideas for the above work.
• Ensure freelancers have up-to-date contracts and statements of work.
• Work with freelancers and C&EN’s creative team to identify appropriate art for stories.
• Identify and champion opportunities to promote C&EN partnerships  via C&EN’s homepage, social channels, newsletters, and other means.
• Write or edit other items for C&EN as appropriate. Cover relevant breaking news as appropriate.
• Mentor more junior staff.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years of experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Strong knowledge of the scientific publishing landscape with demonstrated success in science journalism.
• Tech savvy with the ability to constantly learn/adapt to new systems and tools.
• Mature communications skills and relationship building savvy sufficient to seek and apply guidance in the performance of the job as well as to engage with C&EN and other staff to coordinate work.
• Continuous learner with the mentality to learn and apply accumulated experience.
• Ability to resolve complex problems independently.
• Financial savvy to understand operational activities in the context of the business.

How to Apply

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants must submit the following materials:

• A current resume outlining relevant experience in journalism, editing, publishing, content partnerships, and audience development.
• A cover letter describing your interest in the role and how your experience aligns with the qualifications and responsibilities of the position.
• Writing and/or editing samples that demonstrate your ability to produce and refine high-quality journalism, particularly related to science, technology, research, or other complex subject matter. Applicants may submit direct links to published work, a portfolio, or PDF samples of edited content.

We encourage candidates to highlight experience with content partnerships, syndication, audience growth initiatives, scientific or technical publications, and working with complex subject matter for professional or general audiences.

Special Additional Information

PLEASE NOTE: The Chemical & Engineering News Guild (C&EN Guild), part of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (Local 32035, was officially formed in early 2026 to represent editorial and operations staff at the publication. This union represents workers at C&EN. The selected candidate for this position will become a member of Local 32035. Terms and conditions of the union contract are being developed via the collective bargaining process. Until that process is complete, standard ACS compensation and benefits programs will apply.

This role can be based in our Columbus, OH or Washington, DC office. ACS employees work a hybrid schedule, consisting of working onsite two days per work week, as decided by functional area. The balance of the week is open to working remotely, though employees are always welcome onsite each day if they choose.

A reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between $100,000 – $120,000 per year.

ACS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account or health care savings account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and 4-week work from anywhere; each benefit is subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply based on skills, experience, and location.

Any actual offer of employment, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.