The Dallas Business Journal seeks an experienced managing editor to oversee and lead coverage at the premier source for business news in North Texas.
At the DBJ, the managing editor is charged with providing inspiration and constant guidance to the content team. Reporting directly to the editor-in-chief, the managing editor oversees and directs the deployment of reporting resources across multiple platforms, including online, email, print and social.
The managing editor, as one of the top communicators in the newsroom, is highly influential in setting standards, mood, expectations and a culture. In addition to possessing a gift for organization that always seeks efficient use of newsroom resources, the managing editor must:
- Have an exhaustive understanding of business and financial concepts
- Serve as a reliable mentor and hands-on coach of reporters, consistently steering them toward beat-driven breaking news and exclusives
- Possess the ability to make snap judgments about the proper treatment of stories, while also adding context, perspective and voice
- Conceive strategies that help increase audience-engagement such as page views, unique users, social media followings, email newsletter circulation growth, event attendance and more
- Be fearless about operating in one of the most competitive business news markets in the nation
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of management and/or team leadership experience
- Beat reporting experience or equivalent business editing experience
- Comfortable operating in rapidly changing media environment
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
HOW TO APPLY
Email a resume, along with a one-page cover letter that describes your organizational strength as a project manager, citing at least two specific cases. Additionally, send three examples of stories that benefited from your guidance as an editor and explain how you directed the reporter through the process. Materials should be sent to Editor-in-Chief Jeff Schnick at jschnick@bizjournals.com.
