Web / Senior Editor, The Paris Review

December 1, 2025

The Paris Review is seeking an experienced editor to commission and edit short- and long-form nonfiction for the magazine’s website, to top-edit all online pieces, and to edit select pieces for the print quarterly. This editor will be a discerning reader; have great skill, sensitivity, and imagination with developmental and line edits, and an ear to the ground for emerging and lesser-known voices; and enjoy shaping excerpts from longer works and working with interview transcripts. They should be attuned to the sensibility and literary history of the magazine, and be ready to think strategically about the Review’s presence online and in the world. As the Review prepares for a redesign of its website, this is a unique opportunity to develop a vision for the magazine’s online offerings and to publish new writing by the most exciting authors of the day.

The web / senior editor will:

  • solicit and edit prose (mostly nonfiction) for the Review’s website, as well as select pieces (including fiction and interviews) for the print quarterly.
  • have a singular vision for the Review’s online offerings, including imaginative ways of celebrating the magazine’s seventy-two-year archive.
  • report directly to the editor, work closely with the associate web editor and the engagement editor, and oversee the site’s publishing schedule and annual budget.
  • contribute to special projects, such as The Paris Review Podcast and the Paris Review Editions book series.

The ideal candidate will have at least six years of experience editing for print and/or online magazines, or other relevant experience.

Salary range: $70,000–$90,000, commensurate with experience.

This is a full-time position based in our New York City office. (Mondays and Fridays are currently remote during the summer months; Fridays are currently remote year-round.) Benefits include employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a 403(b) retirement plan.

To apply, please send your résumé and a cover letter describing your relevant experience and why you are suited to the role, as well as your thoughts on what the Review currently publishes online and changes you’d want to consider, to [email protected]. Please use the subject line “Web / Senior Editor.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The deadline is December 12, but early applications are encouraged.

The Paris Review is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status, and other legally protected characteristics.