Deputy Editor

Overview As Deputy Editor, you will guide a digital-first newsroom serving institutional investors and professionals, balancing daily news with enterprise reporting and audience growth. You’ll set priorities, shape coverage, and ensure clarity, ethics, and usefulness for a sophisticated audience. You’ll lead editors and reporters, driving high-impact stories, audience engagement, and editorial innovation. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on editing to deliver differentiated, decision-support journalism. Compensation / Benefitsretirement plan savings contributionsbonus opportunities Responsibilities Set and prioritize editorial plans across platforms Lead reporters covering asset allocators and related topics Guide story selection, framing, and execution for timely, differentiated journalism Maintain high standards of accuracy, fairness, clarity, ethics, and originality Balance breaking news with enterprise, analytical, and investigative reporting Frame stories around clear audience needs and practical impact Promote interpretation, insight, and decision-support journalism over commodity coverage Oversee newsletters, franchises, and editorial products to build reader loyalty Collaborate with audience development, product, and marketing to boost engagement and subscriptions Identify opportunities to extend audience via newsletters, search, social, events, and emerging platforms Lead, coach, and develop reporters and editors; foster accountability and continuous improvement Support recruiting, onboarding, and talent development to strengthen newsroom bench Ensure journalism demonstrates impact and value to institutional readers Key requirements Degree in journalism, communications, or related field, or equivalent professional experience Significant journalism experience with substantial editing and newsroom leadership Familiarity with institutional money management and asset allocators (CIOs to Endowments)Strong news judgment and ability to guide high-impact reporting Experience managing editors, reporters, or cross-functional teams Proven track record of coaching journalists and developing talent Strong understanding of audience-led editorial strategy and digital publishing Experience using analytics, audience insights, and editorial tools to inform decisions Ability to balance breaking news with long-term editorial planning Commitment to ethics, accuracy, and editorial excellence Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills Comfort with fast-paced, deadline-driven environmentsleadershipcommunicationcollaborationanalytics platformsaudience insightsdigital publishing