Managing Editor
You own the editorial calendar and the standard everything is held to. You commission writers, edit copy until it is right, and keep the news desk and the boat-show calendar moving on schedule. This is the senior editorial seat on a remote desk: the magazine reads like you do.
What you bring
- Seven or more years in editorial roles on a luxury, marine, or lifestyle publication, including at least three years as a managing editor, deputy editor, or section head. Publication links and masthead credit required.
- A real commissioning record: writers you have hired, stories you assigned, and sections or issues you ran. We will ask about both.
- Copy editing to house standard: clean files, confident rewriting when a piece needs it, and headlines and deks that do their job.
- News judgement for the yachting beat: shipyards, order books, launches, regattas, and boat shows. You verify against official sources before anything publishes.
- Fluency with a remote desk: CMS publishing, SEO basics, editorial calendars, and clear asynchronous collaboration across time zones.
- Steady output: the calendar ships on schedule every week. You are the reason it does.
What success looks like in your first 90 days
- The editorial calendar runs without a missed publish: every story commissioned, edited, and live on its date.
- The boat-show calendar is current, and every date is verified against the show organiser.
- At least six contributors producing to standard on repeat assignments.
- A one-page house editing standard, written by you, that the whole desk can follow.
Paid trial assignment: Edit a real, unedited feature file to house standard and write the commissioning brief you would have sent the writer. Paid.
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Yacht Correspondent, Mediterranean
You are our eyes on the water in the Mediterranean: the docks, the shows, the launches, the sea trials. You report first-hand what others rewrite from press releases. This role is remote and field-based: your desk is at home, your beat is the circuit.
What you bring
- Five or more years reporting on yachts, superyachts, or the marine industry, with published bylines we can read.
- Working knowledge of the Mediterranean circuit: Monaco, Cannes, Genoa, and the seasons around them.
- Sea-trial literacy: you can read a specification sheet and report what the numbers mean on the water.
- A working contact book among shipyards, brokers, captains, or show organisers. References will confirm it.
- Field kit: camera, recorder, laptop, and a mobile uplink. You file clean copy and usable images from the dock.
- English fluent and publishable. French or Italian is a strong advantage.
What success looks like in your first 90 days
- First-hand reporting filed from at least one major show or launch on your beat.
- At least two stories that came from your contacts, not from press releases.
- Six or more filed pieces published: news, trials, or features.
- Zero factual corrections on filed copy.
Paid trial assignment: Cover a recent yacht launch from public sources and your own contacts, and file a 600-word news piece plus a photo plan within 48 hours. Paid.
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Staff Writer
You are the engine of the magazine: news reported fast and clean, gear coverage built from real specifications, and destination guides readers can actually navigate by. You verify before you publish, and you write with restraint.
What you bring
- Three or more years writing for a magazine, newspaper, or serious digital publication. Clips required, ideally on boats, travel, or luxury.
- Specification literacy: you can read a manufacturer's spec sheet and write accurate gear coverage from it.
- Destination research discipline: cruising guides built from charts, harbour data, and verified sources, never rewritten from other articles.
- Verification before publication, every time. If a fact cannot be checked, you say so or leave it out.
- Clean CMS filing and working knowledge of SEO basics.
- Reliable weekly output: three to five filed pieces per week.
What success looks like in your first 90 days
- A steady publishing rhythm: twelve or more pieces in your third month.
- At least two destination guides published or fully updated with verified data.
- Zero factual corrections on your copy.
- You have absorbed the house editing standard, and your files need less and less editing.
Paid trial assignment: Write a 500-word gear piece from a real manufacturer's spec sheet, with every fact sourced. Paid.
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Partnerships Director
You build the revenue line for a fast-growing yachting title: the advertising and partnership program, the pipeline, and the relationships. You sell with the full backing of an independent magazine, and you protect the line between editorial and commercial. Editorial coverage is never for sale.
What you bring
- Seven or more years selling advertising or partnerships into luxury media or marine brands, with named accounts you closed.
- Existing relationships with luxury advertisers or yachting brands. References will confirm them.
- A 12-month partnerships plan: you can present a pipeline, a rate structure, and a forecast. You do not just take orders.
- A clear understanding of the wall between editorial and commercial: you sell around it, never through it.
- CRM discipline: pipeline, follow-up, and honest forecasting.
- Closed revenue you can discuss under NDA. We will ask what you have actually brought in.
What success looks like in your first 90 days
- A 12-month partnerships plan delivered, agreed, and in motion.
- A live pipeline of twenty or more qualified brand conversations.
- The media kit current, credible, and selling.
- A first signed advertising or partnership contract.
Paid trial assignment: Build a one-page partnership pitch for a named yachting brand, with pricing logic and a three-email outreach sequence. Paid.
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How we hire
- Apply: Use the contact form with the role you are applying for in the message, a short note on why you are the person for it, and links to your best work.
- Paid trial assignment: A scoped piece of real work for the role, compensated at a fixed fee, with a clear brief and deadline. We judge it the way we judge published work. Each role above names its trial.
- Working conversation: A call with the team about the trial, the beat, and how you work.
- References and decision: We check references and move fast. No ghosting, no endless rounds.
