Senior Financial News Editor

This is a Full Time Job

Senior Editor, Investing - CNBC

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced financial news editor for the CNBC Markets and premium team covering equities and investing. The editor should be highly skilled at editing stories about stock and other market movements and trends, as well as stories about investing off developments in the news. The ideal candidate would have extensive editing experience, as well as broad knowledge of the financial markets and company financials. The editor should have good communication skills and be able to provide constructive feedback to make reporters' copy better. The editor should also have experience managing a team of reporters, assigning stories and seeing them through to publication.

Responsibilities:
• Edit multiple fast stories a day on financial markets.
• Assign and edit stories about investing.
• Edit investing newsletters.
• Edit enterprise pieces with a longer turnaround, working with reporters to build an engaging narrative.
• Work with the reporters to develop story ideas and how to build the story from the ground up with the proper quotes, facts and visuals.
• Spot market trends and stories the team should write about.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
• Minimum 10 years editing experience in financial news.
• Minimum 3 years managing direct reports.
• Strong knowledge of various financial markets.
• Editing for speed and quality.
• Solid communication, providing positive feedback.
• Experiencing managing a team of journalists

Desired Characteristics
• BA/BS in Business, Journalism, or related field.
• Deep interest in business news and financial markets
• Experience covering breaking news in competitive environments
• Deep interest financial markets.
• Experience writing and editing financial market

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.