Senior Editor — Quests

Senior Editor — Quests (B2B Travel News)

Location:
Mumbai

Type:
Full-time (senior editorial role)

Reports to:
Head of Content / Editor-in-Chief

CTC
: 7-8LPA

About Quests

Quests is a B2B travel news vertical built to do more than just report headlines. Our aim is to translate travel industry developments into clear, action-oriented insight for the travel industry's top decision makers. Our voice is analytical, concise, commercially minded, and relentlessly useful.

Role summary

We're hiring a Senior Editor to own the editorial vision and delivery for Quests. You will shape the vertical's voice, run the newsletter, manage an editorial team, and lead cross-functional projects that turn reporting into decision-making intelligence for B2B travel audiences. This is a hands-on leadership role — you will write, edit, and deliver timely, high-quality content and experience.

Key responsibilities

• Command the voice of Quests:
  Define, refine, and enforce a bold, authoritative editorial vision across long-form analysis, daily/weekly news, and our flagship newsletter. Every piece should carry Quests' signature clarity, intelligence, and edge.

• Drive the editorial engine:
  Own the entire content lifecycle — from ideation to publication. Conceive sharp story ideas, assign with precision, edit with rigor, and publish with polish. No filler, no fluff — just insight that moves the industry.

• Lead the Quests newsletter:
  Curate and craft each issue with intent. Set the editorial calendar, anchor key themes, and deliver analysis that decision-makers
  need
  before their morning coffee. Use engagement tools and A/B testing not as gimmicks, but as instruments of refinement.

• Elevate our CMS from system to strategy:
  Own monthly and quarterly content health reviews. Design and drive quarterly CMS projects — from smarter templates to tighter tagging — ensuring every piece of content is searchable, scalable, and strategic.

• Shape content with business intelligence:
  Oversee start-to-end editorial execution across the travel B2B landscape — hospitality, hotels, airlines, DMOs, and travel tech — ensuring every story is as commercially sharp as it is editorially strong.

• Lead and sharpen the team.
  Manage a compact, high-performing editorial unit. Set daily priorities, review with purpose, and deliver unflinching, constructive feedback. Build an environment where excellence is expected — and achieved daily.

Required experience & qualifications

• 5+ years of professional editorial experience, with significant time in travel journalism, travel trade publications, or B2B media.

• Minimum 3 years of managing or leading an editorial team or cross-functional content projects.

• Experience running or significantly contributing to email newsletters for a paying or B2B audience (content selection, cadence, KPIs).

• Strong portfolio: recent writing samples that demonstrate concise analysis and commercial insight (B2B-focused pieces preferred).

• Excellent command of AP/UK style and impeccable copy-editing skills.

• Demonstrated ability to coach/mentor mid- and junior-level editors.

Add Ons:

• Experience creating destination guides or extensive long-form content for airlines, hotel groups, or destination marketing organizations.

• Familiarity with travel distribution (GDS, direct distribution), airline economics, hotel revenue management signals, OTA dynamics, and destination-level tourism economics.

• Basic data skills: ability to interpret simple spreadsheets, read data tables, and surface the right datapoints for a story. Comfort working with a data/analytics team to develop charts or short visual explainers.

• Knowledge of SEO best practices for editorial content and experience with on-page SEO and tag/URL hygiene.

KPIs & success measures (first 6–12 months)

• Newsletter health: open rate, CTR and subscriber growth vs. company benchmarks.

• Delivery: on-time execution of editorial calendar and quarterly CMS projects.

• Quality: editorial error rate, peer review scores, and adherence to style/playbook standards.

• Business impact: measurable client satisfaction on B2B projects; editorial contribution to demo wins or renewals.

• Team metrics: editorial throughput, time-to-publish, and successful onboarding/training of new staff.

What we offer

• A senior leadership role shaping a new B2B vertical with direct influence on product and commercial strategy.

• Competitive salary and benefits (details discussed at interview).

• Chance to work in a small, fast-moving team where your decisions translate into visible outcomes.