Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide. From our base in New York, Aperture connects global audiences and supports artists through our acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibition s, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards. Established in 1952 to advance “creative thinking, significantly expressed in words and photographs,” Aperture champions photography’s vital role in nurturing curiosity and encouraging a more just, tolerant society.
With a capital campaign underway and new five-year strategic plan, Aperture is preparing to move from Chelsea to a new, permanent home at 380 Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side in 2025.
POSITION SUMMARY
Aperture seeks an experienced editor to join our editorial team and play a central role in an ambitious book program that has published over one thousand titles to date, including landmark monographs by Edward Weston, Diane Arbus, Paul Strand, Nan Goldin, Stephen Shore, Richard Misrach, Sally Mann, Dawoud Bey, An-My Lê, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Rinko Kawauchi, Deana Lawson, Hank Willis Thomas, Justine Kurland, Wendy Red Star, and many more.
The Editor, Books, conceives, develops, and manages key Aperture book titles, helping to build Aperture’s publication list and guide projects through the entire editorial process from concept to manufacturing and promotion. Half the titles managed by this position will be assigned by the Executive Director and Editor in Chief. The others will be acquired by the Editor, subject to Aperture’s internal acquisitions process.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
At Aperture, we value all types of experience. For Aperture, a successful candidate has many of the qualities listed in our job postings, and the desire and capacity to learn the rest on the job. If much, but not all, of a job posting describes you, then we welcome your application.
TO APPLY
Using the link below, please send a resume and professional cover letter in one PDF attachment and describe how your skills and experience meet the qualifications.
https://forms.gle/9HJZutdjBaY4KzgA9
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. NO CALLS, PLEASE. Only applicants who meet our requirements for this position will be contacted. If you have any questions, please contact newhire@aperture.org.
Aperture will be offering a salary of $70,000, along with excellent medical, dental, life, disability, and retirement plan coverage. Our staff also has generous vacation, sick leave, and personal days, access to a variety of cultural institutions, enjoying a creative, professional, and collegial work environment.
This position is based out of our New York City office, following a flexible hybrid work model. Aperture seeks to build a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes all applications, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, cultural background, disability, age, or religion. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of our strategic thinking, and reflected in the selection of artists and writers that we publish, the engagement programs we present, and our ongoing work to diversify our staff and board.
Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide. From our base in New York, Aperture connects global audiences and supports artists through our acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibition s…
Aperture will be offering a salary of $70,000, along with excellent medical, dental, life, disability, and retirement plan coverage.
Aperture will be offering a salary of $70,000, along with excellent medical, dental, life, disability, and retirement plan coverage.
TO APPLY
Using the link below, please send a resume and professional cover letter in one PDF attachment and
describe how your skills and experience meet the qualifications.
https://forms.gle/9HJZutdjBaY4KzgA9
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. NO CALLS, PLEASE. Only applicants who meet our
requirements for this position will be contacted. If you have any questions, please contact.
Aperture will be offering a salary of $70,000, along with excellent medical, dental, life, disability, and retirement plan coverage. Our staff also has generous vacation, sick leave, and personal days, access to a variety of cultural institutions, enjoying a creative, professional, and collegial work environment. This position is based out of our New York City office, following a flexible hybrid work model.
Aperture seeks to build a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes all applications, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, cultural background, disability, age, or religion. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of our strategic thinking, and reflected in the selection of artists and writers that we publish, the engagement programs we present, and our ongoing work to diversify our staff and board.
TO APPLY
Using the link below, please send a resume and professional cover letter in one PDF attachment and
describe how your skills and experience meet the qualifications.