Quantumrun Foresight is a hybrid consulting firm and niche publisher that uses long-range strategic foresight to (1) help organizations thrive from future trends and (2) empower our readers to affect positive change through a more informed understanding of future trends.
Our public website — Quantumrun.com — targets readers interested in future trends and how those trends will impact the world around them. Read our featured work here:
https://www.quantumrun.com/special-series
The consulting division — Quantumrun.com/consulting — works with Canadian, US, and European clients from a wide range of industries; they approach Quantumrun looking for support with their foresight-related business goals. The work can include helping clients:
- Stay informed about trends emerging in industries outside of their own;
- Imagine future business environments they might operate in;
- Ideate new product, service, or business model ideas based on future trends;
- And in the context of this job position, we assist some clients with the production of future-themed, white-label editorial for their internal and external blogs and publications.
Quantumrun is seeking a Managing Editor to oversee the daily operations of our exciting, talented, and fast-paced remote editorial team. Working closely with our leadership team and editorial team, you will help Quantumrun deliver on its ambitious promise to its audience and clients by leading our team to produce exciting, future-themed content daily. This position will report directly to the Quantumrun president.
The Managing Editor role at Quantumrun needs someone with great interpersonal and communications skills who can work well with all kinds of people, especially in a remote working environment. You must have excellent organizational skills, superior attention to detail, and a strong commitment to deadlines to excel in this role.
The Managing Editor at Quantumrun must also be a strong journalist and editor with a deep interest in Quantumrun’s core approach to editorial, particularly reporting on industry and society news/trends through the lens of their impact on future events. You should know not only how stories get produced from start to finish, but what makes a great story. People who are excited about the future, curious but skeptical about technology, and insightful about where tech intersects with science and culture are highly desired.
Major responsibilities:
- Track Quantumrun’s editorial performance against our goals
- Participate in our hiring and training processes for new junior editors and writers
- Manage our editorial calendar and help develop planning and process for new formats, like evergreen content
- Manage the editorial calendar for the white label (ghost-written) content we produce for other publishers and companies
- Work with our business development team on executing special editorial projects
- Keep Quantumrun writers accountable to our high editorial standards and encourage professional development
- Manage daily staff operations, including holiday coverage and other special circumstances
Day-to-day responsibilities
For clients who purchase Quantumrun editorial, you will participate in the following tasks:
- Article story generation
- Approval of story ideas and sources from part-time editors
- Article editing
- Management of editorial calendars for clients
- Writer management and training
- Managing our designer and approving image preparation
- Preparing error-free, weekly content delivery to clients
For Quantumrun.com, you will oversee all content moderation and development, including:
- Overseeing the moderation of articles submitted to Quantumrun.com
- Overseeing the moderation of links submitted to Quantumrun.com
- Overseeing the moderation of comments flagged in Quantumrun.com
- Managing our online editors
- Article idea generation for Quantumrun.com articles
- Editing articles destined for Quantumrun.com
- Management of editorial calendar for Quantumrun.com
The ideal candidate comes with:
- 2-3+ years in a senior editorial/management position at a publication
- Experience and comfort managing fully remote teams
- Experience and comfort using a range of Google documents
- Experience and comfort using remote working communication tools
- Experience running hiring processes and recruiting and training
- Experience managing a budget
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and devoted to working ahead of deadlines
- Comfortable switching between writing/editing styles geared towards the general public and styles appropriate to corporate readers
- Enthusiasm and passion for Quantumrun’s editorial mission is highly desired
- Past professional leadership or management training is a plus
About working at Quantumrun:
This is a permanent, full-time position in a company that prioritizes work/life balance.
Quantumrun is a fully remote company. All work will is conducted virtually. Team and video meetings are kept to a minimum, in preference of IM, email, and shared document collaboration. You choose the days you work and the number of hours you work per day — whether that means 9h four-day weeks or 5h seven-day weeks — and, in most cases, where you work. However, this flexibility depends on you still providing top-level service to clients and not impairing the productivity of your coworkers; this means not missing a deadline in service to a client and not missing a deadline agreed to with a fellow team member.
Quantumrun is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds, and everyone is encouraged to apply. Quantumrun is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.
You’ll be joining a group of focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work that’s challenging, impactful, fun, and future-obsessed!
Application
If you’re interested in joining the Quantumrun team, please email David Tal with:
- Your resume
- Linkedin profile
- Samples of your published foresight research work or a personal blog, or other samples of your foresight writing.
HR@quantumrun.com
