Retail Brew seeks an editor

Retail Brew keeps nearly 150,000 retail professionals up to date on the latest retail news and insight. It’s already a go-to industry newsletter—but we’re looking to expand beyond that into new editorial formats, like reported features, events, and more.

We need an editor to lead the transition of Retail Brew from successful newsletter to successful media vertical. This is both a strategic and hands-on role that will allow you to shape the future of an exciting new retail publication

Here’s what you will be working on:

– Manage day-to-day operations of the Retail Brew newsletter production process, including assigning/approving stories, editing pieces, and writing headlines.

– Generate, develop, and execute ideas for non-newsletter products and other special editorial projects.

– Serve as a strategic liaison with growth, engagement, integrated marketing, and sales teams.

– Write stories if and as needed.

– Enforce Morning Brew editorial guidelines, editing content for high-level substance, Brew tone and voice, and standard copy.

– Support optimization of existing content processes and establish new ones where needed.

– Support analysis of audience trends.

– Manage, coach, and develop marketing writers

What makes you qualified?

– Deep knowledge of and interest in the retail/e-commerce industry.

– At least 3 years of professional experience editing content for a retail audience OR 5+ years of experience editing content for a B2B audience.

– Ability to write in the Morning Brew style (engaging, informative, clever)

– Flexible worker who is equally motivated by strategic, long-term thinking and hands-on execution.

– Ability to intentionally experiment with, iterate on, and make hard decisions about new product offerings.

– Excellent communication skills with a mindset for collaboration

– Ability to operate in a high-pressure environment with tight deadlines

– Understanding of how to leverage multiple platforms (email, social media, etc.) to engage with the target audience

– Experience managing a team of writers.

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.