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MoneyWatch seeks executive editor

As the Executive Editor of CBSNews.com’s MoneyWatch vertical, you will oversee the content and drive the strategy on a leading multi-media finance website.

Main responsibilities:

* Manage day -to-day content to drive CTRs and user engagement.

* Create an identity for the brand

* Manage team of staff editors and freelance reporter/writers producing original text and video reports

* Work with production and design teams on data visualization

* Manage a team of bloggers providing news analysis in specialized subject areas.

* Establish content/ tool partnerships in coordination with bus. dev team to enhance the site experience

* Represent the editorial and production capabilities of the MW team w/sales team

* Develop sponsored content pitches

* As appropriate help in client meetings to seek additional revenue opportunities.

Qualifications:

Strong voice and vision developing multi-media business news content strategy
7 years experience covering multiple facets of business field; deep understanding of subject matter
Strong understanding and use of social media and SEO to expand brand reach
Experienced manager handling mid-sized staff, including freelance
Web experience highly recommended.
Willingness to try new things, innovate

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.

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