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Business Insider seeks markets editor

Business Insider is looking for a finance editor to lead a new adventure in our growing Markets coverage.

We are rolling out a new suite of market data functionality on Business Insider and are looking for an editor to run the day-to-day editorial and production of this new section. The role will entail writing a mix of news and evergreen feature coverage, as well as aggregating the key daily markets stories that investors need to know.

The ideal candidate:

  • Is a markets data junkie who can get excited by spikes in the VIX index and Fed policy decisions
  • Has excellent news judgment and a knack for storytelling across traditional and emerging digital platforms
  • Can explain global financial news and important market moves to all types of investors
  • Can interpret and identify key financial data points others may miss
  • Has the ability to work at lightning speed
  • Has impeccable writing and editing skills
  • Has experience running a team of reporters, curating content and web production
  • Is experienced using social media to cover news and engage with users
  • As a plus, may have worked in finance in a previous role

This role is all about viewing the latest information whether it is unexpected stock volatility, market moves, or company news to uncover interesting insights for our audience and reporting them in Business Insider’s style. The editor will coordinate with BI’s various verticals, work closely with product innovation, and write regularly.

We want to provide our market news readers with even deeper insight and data. We want you to manage that experience.

Please note that this position requires that you work in our Manhattan office. Business Insider offers competitive compensation packages complete with benefits.

If you are interested, please apply apply and include your resume and 3 journalism clips you are most proud of. Thanks in advance.

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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