Consumers Reports is looking for a seasoned writer, editor and manager with a passion for bringing important personal finance information to millions of readers.
He or she will have significant experience in financial and consumer journalism (experience with insurance and banking services content is a plus), be as nimble in print as for online/social media, and welcome the challenges that today’s constantly evolving media environment presents.
Particularly important is a passion for turning investigative consumer reporting into advocacy that makes the marketplace safer and stronger for all Americans. The right candidate will also have aptitude and appetite for helping consumers make smart decisions when it comes to spending, saving, and managing their money, and seeking out ways to deeply understand what coverage consumers want from us.
Are you an idea-generating machine who loves to ask provocative questions and experiment with new approaches? Can you distill complex ideas into clear and energetic prose? This may be the role for you…
Key Responsibilities:
• Manages a staff of writers to ensure the delivery of content in accordance with strategy, on time, consumer focused, accurate and compelling.
• Along with other team members, acts as a media spokesperson for the money and finance team.
• Allocates work and plans, schedules, assigns, and edits content for one or more product or service categories, ensuring quality on-time delivery across multiple media formats and platforms.
• Under the direction of the Content Team Leader, help to shape the content strategy for the money and finance team.
• Hires, manages and develops staff of program managers, writers, editors and market analysts, creating the team’s vision and ambitions
• Ensures the organization maintains an appropriate level of internal and external expertise and that all related content is current, effective, engaging and relevant.
• Coordinates the development of story components (surveys, questionnaires, test protocols, etc.)
• Actively participates as a senior member of a product testing and content team, conferring with other team members as necessary to ensure objectives for quality and timeliness are met.
• Ensures staff is correctly interpreting data and generating accurate and timely content.
• Edits and rewrites the work of subordinates as necessary.
Qualifications Include:
• College graduate or equivalent background with significant experience writing and editing the work of others and meeting rigid deadlines.
• Able to translate statistical and technical data into accurate, well-written, well-organized and compelling content in a range of media formats.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Well-developed judgment and a broad range of interests and knowledge
• Excellence in product coverage, supported by such growth opportunities as ongoing education courses, membership in professional associations, and involvement in industry/professional conferences.
• Understanding of the unique content needs and conventions across all platforms including print, website, social media
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software; knowledge of state-of-the-art page design software such as K4.
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