Insider seeks a West Coast business editor

Insider is looking for a news editor who is quick, passionate about breaking business news, and has a knack for telling stories in a relatable and compelling way. This is a full-time position based on the West Coast.

This editor will work as a player/coach alongside senior news editors and a small team of reporters and fellows who help cover stories from our business verticals, including tech, finance, strategy, transportation, healthcare and retail. These reporters will file breaking news, as well as news analysis and features. The editor should be comfortable regularly handling this mixture of story edits and juggling multiple responsibilities at one time. This editor will also have the opportunity to report and write their own business stories.

The news editor is also responsible for curating the Business Insider homepage with relevant and trending stories.

The ideal editor will:

Show excellent news judgment
Have the ability to write and edit quickly and accurately
Assign and edit a mix of articles, including short news posts, visual features, and long-form reported pieces (they can also write and report themselves as time allows)
Be very organized
Have familiarity with social media distribution and SEO

If this sounds like your dream job, apply here with a single PDF containing your resume/CV and cover letter explaining why you are the perfect fit for this role, and links to your previous work.

Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you’d make a great addition to the Insider community.

Not sure what makes for a great resume and/or cover letter? Check out our best practices guide here: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-this-is-an-excellent-resume-2013-11.

Insider Inc. will remain remote due to Covid-19 until July 2021 at the earliest, with the opportunity to be based out of our San Francisco or Los Angeles office. Insider Inc. offers competitive compensation packages complete with benefits.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.