FT’s Financial Advisor IQ seeks a managing editor

Money-Media, a Financial Times unit, is looking for a managing editor to lead its daily online publication covering the financial advisor industry.

Financial Advisor IQ covers broker-dealers, registered investment advisors (RIAs), other firms and professionals who work with investors to build financial plans. We reach more than 100,000 industry practitioners and executives each day, and are in growth mode.

We provide advisors news and insights to help them do their jobs better, focusing on what it takes to build a practice, attract and retaining clients and, of course, manage money.

The Role

You will lead a team of journalists and help shape coverage in vetting pitches and assigning stories, coming up with ideas for investigative projects and data visualization pieces, videos and coaching and editing reporters.

This is a great opportunity to put your stamp on a title with an enthusiastic team at a well-established, stable and profitable company with entrepreneurial spirit.

This role requires good organizational skills, attention to detail, a judicious editing eye, sharp writing style, ability to break news and skill needed to develop a broad source network.

The managing editor will oversee an associate editor, to beat reporters and a data visualization reporter and freelancers.

The managing editor is responsible for pushing through product improvements based on planned upgrades and ongoing market feedback.

We expect the managing editor to work with the group managing editor and be engaged with the business side of the publication as an enthusiastic source of ideas and suggestions for growing the title’s reach and profitability.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Manage and coach a team of reporters
• Ensure high-quality, tight and incisive stories that speak to our audience
• Establish and maintain close relationships with broker-dealer, RIA and other industry executives and their companies
• Attend industry events and meet with prospects to stay on top of the latest industry trends (virtually or otherwise)
• Work with other departments to produce videos, graphics etc., as necessary, for editorial coverage
• On occasion, moderate webcasts or panels at events run by Money-Media or the Financial Times’ events group

The Skills & Experience You Will Need to Be Successful

• A proven record of managing a team of journalists
• Exhibit excellent news judgement
• Business reporting experience, including experience working on a daily or wire publication.
• Demonstrated ability to write or produce content for a specific niche audience. Experience working a beat and knowing how to generate scoops, enterprise story ideas and other content that distinguishes a publication.
• Hire, manage and motivate staff, ensure they are performing at a high standard, support training where necessary.
• Ability to recognize and respond to readers’ needs.
• A high personal standard of excellence and pride in the work you do.
• Knowledge of the financial advice market specifically or financial services generally a definite plus.
• Curiosity and a desire to learn.

If This Sounds Like You

Check us out at www.financialadvioriq.com and www.money-media.com and let us know why you’d be a good fit for this position by sending a cover letter, resume and a few clips.