Senior Editor, CNBC Make It

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business information to over 400 million homes worldwide. CNBC also delivers content across a variety of digital platforms such as: CNBC.com; CNBC+, CNBC PRO, The CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, a suite of CNBC mobile apps for iOS and Android devices; Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri voice interfaces. CNBC is owned by Versant Media.

About the role

From career growth and leadership to money, work, entrepreneurship and personal ambition, Make It helps audiences navigate the decisions that shape their professional and financial futures. We are looking for a creative and experienced editor with sharp news judgment, excellent storytelling instincts and a deep understanding of what engages digital audiences. This editor will shape Make It’s daily and enterprise coverage, working closely with reporters, producers and senior editors to identify compelling angles, elevate story ideas and ensure every piece is clear, useful, memorable and true to the Make It voice.

The ideal candidate is both a rigorous editor and an imaginative thinker — someone who can sharpen a reported piece, improve structure and flow, craft irresistible headlines and leads, and help develop smart editorial franchises that connect with ambitious readers. They should be energized by stories about careers, success, leadership, money, work culture and the changing ways people define achievement. This role requires a decisive editor who can weigh analytics alongside audience and departmental needs. An ideal candidate will inspire the team to do their best work, while balancing the need for speed, accuracy and creativity in a fast-moving digital newsroom.

The editor will monitor the news cycle, spot emerging trends, steer coverage, and collaborate across editorial and audience teams to produce journalism that is timely, engaging and often service-driven. This role is based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ and reports to CNBC’s Deputy Managing Editor for Money & Success.

Responsibilities

• Shape Make It’s daily and enterprise coverage, identifying compelling angles and elevating story ideas.
• Edit reported pieces for clarity, structure, flow, and adherence to the Make It voice.
• Craft irresistible headlines and leads to engage digital audiences.
• Develop smart editorial franchises and series that connect with ambitious readers.
• Monitor the news cycle, spot emerging trends, and steer coverage accordingly.
• Collaborate with reporters, producers, and senior editors to produce timely, engaging, and service-driven journalism.
• Balance analytics with audience and departmental needs to guide editorial decisions.
• Inspire and lead the editorial team to maintain high standards of speed, accuracy, and creativity.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of editing experience in a digital newsroom or publishing environment.
• At least 3 years managing an editorial team.
• Proven journalism skills and editorial judgment.
• Strong understanding of SEO, analytics, digital news production, and journalistic standards.
• Ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging for a broad audience.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Experience editing short and long-form content with attention to accuracy, readability, structure, tone, and legal standards.
• Demonstrated ability to work quickly and effectively under deadline pressure.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Firm grasp of AP Style guidelines and editorial best practices.

Qualifications

• Collaborative team player with strong communication skills and sound editorial judgment.
• Strong understanding of audience engagement and digital storytelling best practices.
• Strategic thinker with a passion for service journalism.
• Ongoing interest in business news, workplace trends, personal finance, and consumer-focused storytelling.
• Experience generating and executing editorial franchises, series, and trend-driven coverage.
• Experience at a large digital publisher, major online news site, or financial publication.
• Ability to make quick decisions and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Detail-oriented and proactive.
• Strong collaborator across editorial, product, and business teams.
• Creative and entrepreneurial within an established media company.
• Media training and experience as an expert on live television is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid leave.
• Variety of other discounts and perks.
• Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment and daily group classes.
• Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials, plus soup and salad bars.
• Onsite dry cleaning services.
• Free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken, and Jersey City.

Pay

Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000

Schedule

Hybrid: This position requires working from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ