Forbes is looking for a newsletter editor to manage the production and execution of its growing newsletter portfolio, ranging in topics from finance and career insights to consumer tech and venture capital news.
DUTIES:
- Work directly with journalists and other teams (including product and business side) and serve as the main point of contact for all Forbes editorial newsletters
- Help architect the launch of new suite of newsletters and serve as edit lead for its success as a subscription product
- Manage Forbes growing portfolio of editorial newsletters, including raising the bar on quality and original curation, format and voice plus reader engagement and diverse communities. Entails both clean and compelling writing and deft editing
- Work on new and special editions, cross-promotion and onboarding and outreach emails
- Identify and communicate best practices across newsroom
- Collaborate with the business intelligence and marketing teams on newsletter strategy and reporting
- Use data and analytics to help guide editorial and audience development decisions
- Take a forward-thinking approach on testing new approaches to content, churn-reduction and member recruitment
EXPERIENCE:
- You should have 5-7 years+ experience editing and working with editorial newsletters, preferably subscription, in an innovative and busy newsroom
- Have the mind of a journalist and excited about digital growth, including new platforms, reader engagement, audience-facing products and analytics
REQUIREMENTS/SKILLS:
- Demonstrate experience and interest in newsletters and reader conversion to subscriptions
- Able to identify and write and edit compelling subject lines and newsletter copy to drive strong engagement
- Willing to use data to guide content decisions and methodical in testing ideas over and over again in order to achieve desired results
- Excited to steer timely and compelling newsletters off the news and trends of interest to Forbes audiences
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast paced and matrixed organization
- Highly adaptable and quick to learn processes
- Experience working in Photoshop is a plus but not a requirement
- Bachelor’s degree
