Senior Editor, Economics & Financial Services

About the role

Deloitte Insights is Deloitte's global publishing imprint for business research and insights. We publish 400+ articles, reports, and multimedia projects annually with the goal of educating, informing, and inspiring Deloitte clients and prospective clients on the business issues that matter most to their strategic agendas. Recruiting for this position ends August 10, 2026.

Responsibilities

• Leverage subject matter expertise and business understanding to develop research and insights projects ranging from reports and articles to infographics and videos.
• Evaluate insights projects for novelty and alignment with target audiences' informational needs and Deloitte's expertise and business priorities.
• Strategize, develop, and execute research and insights stories on prioritized topics, collaborating with Deloitte business leaders, internal and external thought leaders, economists, financial services research professionals, and publishing and marketing colleagues.
• Ensure the intellectual rigor and credibility of all published insights by applying a journalist's curiosity and skepticism, asking tough questions about data sources, methodology, and conclusions; maintain precision in language around claims and statistics; and challenge assumptions before publication.
• Evaluate insights projects for novelty in the generative AI era, aligning them with Deloitte's expertise and business priorities.
• Serve as a storytelling strategist, advising on optimal ways to communicate insights, including determining the right content type(s), and leveraging multimedia or multimodal storytelling and communication skills to develop copy to suit the medium.
• Adapt to the needs of the given project, serving as anything from a ghostwriter to an editor to an infographic copywriter to a scriptwriter to help tell the story successfully, adjusting effort based on the state of the copy and the realities of the project.
• Help authors tell their own stories effectively, advising them on how to ensure their insights' novelty, accuracy, clarity, utility, and audience engagement, and adhering to editorial best practices.
• Act as a champion for business audiences, understanding their content consumption behaviors, and advising authors accordingly.
• Steward each project through the full content development process, coordinating with authors, designers, marketing, and other internal teams to ensure project objectives are accomplished, expectations are clear, and timelines are accurately set and met.
• Edit copy for factual accuracy, grammar, punctuation, readability, flow, and style, and apply SEO and GEO best practices.
• Leverage generative AI per firm and team policies and standards, using it as a supplemental tool to increase efficiency, while still ensuring thorough human design, development, leadership, and vetting.
• Coach Deloitte content creators on language usage, writing style, storytelling effectiveness, and Deloitte Insights' production processes.
• Lead and contribute to team-wide initiatives focused on storytelling innovation, quality control, or continuous process improvement.
• Guide junior editors and review their work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in writing, editing, and copyediting content in American English (business journalism experience preferred).
• Bachelor's degree (preferably in English, literature, journalism, communications, or similar).
• Deep experience in and familiarity with editing economics and finance articles and research reports.
• Exceptional editing and copyediting skills, and mastery of US English grammar, conversational phrasing, and Associated Press style, with the ability to clearly and influentially explain edits to authors.
• Exceptional writing and oral communication skills; proven ability to translate complex concepts into easily digestible terms.
• Excellent attention to detail, laser focus on quality, and demonstrated ability to clarify a story's main message.
• Journalist's instinct for fact-checking and critical thinking; ability to read research with healthy skepticism, ask probing questions about data and methodology, spot logical gaps or overstatements, and ensure precision in language around statistics and research findings.
• Outside-in orientation, considering all content projects from the perspective of the target audience and their needs/interests.
• Versatile editing and writing skills, from writing engaging headlines and short-form web copy to developmentally editing long-form research reports on complex topics.
• Experience with creating multimedia content.
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, including the confidence to interact with and influence personnel at all levels, as well as listening skills, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, decision-making, conflict resolution, and tact.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, content management systems, and workflow and collaboration tools such as Workfront, Microsoft Teams, etc.; knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to manage multiple projects with quick turnaround times simultaneously.
• Able to work independently, as well as with a larger, multifunctional team.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.