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NerdWallet seeks lead editor

NerdWallet grown steadily since 2009 and are looking to add a high-caliber editor who can spot prime coverage opportunities for all of our verticals. We cover all areas of consumer finance — banking, credit cards, education, health care, insurance, investments, mortgages, shopping, travel.

The right candidate will shape daily coverage, and help manage and make hires. We have a growing staff of writers and editors from outlets such as CNN.com, The WSJ and The Motley Fool.

This job requires:

  • At least five years in professional daily journalism
  • Strategic thinking about coverage, because we’re not a traditional news outlet and aren’t looking to compete with them
  • Someone who comes up with smart story ideas and knows how to effectively position them for media outlets and on social media
  • Someone who knows the media landscape well, including national and local outlets. (This job requires someone who already reads and watches news widely, and uses social media extensively.)
  • Someone with editing chops, who can front-load writers on story approach and potential sources, as needed
  • Someone with proven leadership skills

Bonus points for:

  • Personal finance background

What we offer:

  • Pay competitive with major news outlets’
  • 100% paid premiums for medical, dental and vision for employee, spouse and kids
  • 401(k) match
  • Generous allowances for learning and training
  • Generous, flexible vacation
  • Catered lunches daily
  • In-offices fitness classes
  • Paid commuter benefits
  • Friday happy hours
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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