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Barron’s seeks editor for advisor center

This position will be responsible for overseeing editorial for Barron’s digital content offering for financial advisors. Barron’s Advisor Center offers high-quality intelligence to help advisors improve their practices, complementing Barron’s successful conference business for top advisors.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee daily content strategy for Advisor Center.
  • Assign and edit columns from the best advisor coaches in America on practice-management and investing topics.
  • Interview top financial advisors and produce Q&As, profiles and videos.
  • Compile and send daily email newsletter for advisors.
  • Summarize important action items from Barron’s top advisors conferences throughout the year.
  • Develop social media and broader audience development plan to drive traffic to Advisor Center.
  • Assist with other Barron’s digital editing, blogging and social media responsibilities as needed.

Skills/background we’re looking for:

  • Thorough knowledge of financial markets and financial advisory industry.
  • Strong writing and editing background and ability to operate independently on a day-to-day basis.
  • Ability to develop strong relationships with financial advisors and to work with them to develop content.
  • Knowledge of web analytics, social media and traffic trends.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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