CNBC.com is looking for a personal finance writer who will work closely with the Personal Finance Editor, helping to manage the daily publishing schedule, writing regularly, and working with a growing team of contributors to achieve the section’s ambitious goals for 2015 and beyond.
We’re looking for someone who can grow with us as we scale this section over the coming years, someone with a passion for personal finance who can report, write, and edit—and enjoys brainstorming big ideas for digital franchises on multiple platforms (social, video, mobile).
This person will play a critical role in helping to expand the personal finance section and ensuring a consistency of content integrity, style, and voice as we do.
Daily tasks may include:
- Conceive and write original personal finance content, including timely curates, news stories and long-form feature stories.
- Stay informed on the latest personal finance news, reports and studies to identify new opportunities for coverage.
- Work with social media team to create buzz-worthy social ideas and to promote engagement with–and referrals to–personal finance content.
- Help manage contributors in delivery of content, editing content and ensuring programming is executed on schedule and optimized for increased user engagement/growth.
- Help manage the daily publishing schedule and pitches to syndication partners.
- Help to brainstorm original multi-platform franchises.
Requirements: To apply, you must have a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of digital journalism experience, including at least 2 years of personal finance coverage—preferably at a news website or a newspaper website. Experience editing, and working with outside contributors, preferred. (Yes, there will be a test.) You should have familiarity with a CMS and an understanding of SEO basics, and should be well-versed in social media. On-camera or video experience also a plus. Strong organizational skills are important. If you’re not passionate about personal finance, don’t apply.
To apply, go here.
