JOB DESCRIPTION Position: Managing Editor, Benzinga.com Position Type: Full timeLocation: remote or Detroit, MI
High Level:
An opportunity to make an impact and play a key role in the growth of a top financial publisher. We are hiring a Managing Editor to join our team to help drive traffic and subscriptions to Benzinga.com. At Benzinga, content is king. Our approach allows us to deliver relevant trends and scoop stories no one else can. We live and breathe Benzinga, and our job is to spread the news like a grass fire and bring you the most engaging content possible.
As a Managing Editor for Benzinga’s web content, you will have a direct hand in creating stories seen by millions of readers and impacting the industry as a whole. If you are a financial news junkie who knows how to generate traffic and target critical audiences, we want to talk to you.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a worldwide team of reporters during U.S. market hours, targeting earnings, economic news, M&A, IPOs and Wall Street commentary.
- Approve pitches, delegate and assign features, exclusives, and breaking news.
- Ideate new story types and topics that will resonate with our audience
- Utilize traffic analytics to make informed decisions about news coverage and feature content.
- Engage with and acquire new Wall Street sources to uncover and publish exclusive and unique commentary on investment opportunities.
- Outperform the competition and make Benzinga the #1 resource for new and established investors
- Oversee product development, including liaising with multiple departments and stakeholders
The experience you need:
- Minimum 7 years experience at a digital publication, preferably in the financial media sector.
- Minimum 5 years as an editor
- Minimum of 3 years in people management, including mentorship of new journalists
- Knowledge of the U.S. stock market and the world of finance and politics
- Expert command of best practices in news writing, story building, AP Style, journalism principles, copyright law and ethics.
- Ability to produce short- and long-form stories as necessary.
About Benzinga:
Benzinga is a premier financial media platform which helps millions of people improve their trading and investing each month. By providing superior information, data, and tools, Benzinga is devoted to the ambitious mission of making financial information easier to consume.
Benzinga is growing rapidly and we are seeking mind-blowingly talented and detail-oriented professionals with knowledge of web technology, finance, and writing. The search for the driven, dedicated, and self-starting individuals who will help propel Benzinga into its next stage of growth is on.
Are you looking for a “leave your ego at the door,” teamwork-oriented environment? Do you love the idea of a role where every day offers new challenges? Then Benzinga is the place to be.
Top Skills
What We Do
We help millions of people improve their trading and investing results each month by providing superior market information, data and tools. Benzinga gives traders and investors the edge needed to profit in the markets. We are devoted to the ambitious mission of transforming the financial industry and empowering the individual investor.
Benzinga's core businesses include:
Financial Media: http://benzinga.com
Trading & Research Terminal: http://pro.benzinga.com
Financial, Market, and Alternative data APIs: http://cloud.benzinga.com
Our KICK ASS team works and hustles harder than anyone! We are looking for folks with the fire and determination to not just work, but to build a company. Individuals who can take a vision, and build towards it...not just take tasks from a higher power. The search for the driven, dedicated, and self-starting Zingers to help propel Benzinga to the next level is on!
Are you looking for your work to be valued? Do you want to know that the work you do everyday makes a huge impact on the business? You are not just a number here at Benzinga, our “leave your ego at the door”, teamwork-oriented environment allows you to be yourself and offer all your sweetest ideas and feedback freely without any judgement. Zinger Nation believes in "doarchy" not "hierarchy".
If you are interested in doing business with Benzinga or joining the team, please contact us.
Check our careers site at jobs.benzinga.com