CNBC seeks a wealth reporter

Inside Wealth is a new CNBC brand focused on the high-net-worth investor and UHNW ecosystem.  We cover wealth through an economic and business lens – how today’s wealthy are making, investing, spending, giving away and deploying their fortunes.

CNBC is looking for a skilled business journalist to be part of an exciting “start-up” within the global leader in business news.  Our ideal candidate would have aggressive news instincts and competitive drive combined with entrepreneurial creativity to help build the leading content brand in the wealth space.

What you’ll do:

• Pitch, report and write stories on the high-net-worth ecosystem such as family offices, wealth management and global luxury brands and the spending trends of high-net-worth individuals.
• Conduct research for and contribute to a weekly newsletter on wealth trends, including sourcing new reports, data and insights.
• Produce articles for Inside Wealth on CNBC.com and CNBC’s digital platforms.
• Coordinate visuals for the newsletter and digital stories, including working with sources to secure media rights for photos.
• Support planning of future coverage on a rolling basis and help maintain an editorial calendar of events and features.

What you’ll bring:

• Candidate should have three to five years of experience as a business or financial reporter.
• Candidate should have experience covering wealth management, family offices, investing or private markets.
• Candidate should be comfortable writing and reporting on deadline, producing short, same-day articles as well as longer features. Ideally, would generate one story a day as well as occasional features.
• Candidate should be skilled at developing sources in the wealth-management, family offices and private banking world, and finding information in an industry typically averse to public attention and media coverage.
• Be a team player, interested in working with colleagues in TV, digital, social, events and sales to help build Inside Wealth’s profile and business.
• Ideally proficient with spread sheets, data interpretation and data visualization to accompany and generate stories.

You’ll stand out with:

• Clips of strongly reported, well written stories wealth and/or investing
• Fresh ideas about how to better package our coverage and how to engage new audiences.
• An understanding of how subscriptions businesses work and how content creation process drives that business.

To apply, go here.