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 strategize, develop, and execute research and insights stories on prioritized topics.
• Evaluate insights projects for novelty and alignment with target audiences' informational needs and Deloitte's expertise and business priorities.
• Strategize and develop content types, including reports, articles, infographics, videos, dashboards, etc., to effectively communicate insights.
• Adapt to project needs, acting as ghostwriter, editor, infographic copywriter, scriptwriter, or other roles as required.
• Ensure insights are accurate, clear, and engaging, adhering to editorial best practices.
• Collaborate with authors to help them tell their stories effectively, while advising on their insights' novelty, accuracy, clarity, utility, and audience engagement.
• Manage the content development process, coordinating with authors, designers, marketing, and other internal teams.
• Coach junior editors and contribute to team-wide initiatives focused on storytelling innovation, quality control, or continuous process improvement.

Requirements

• 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, mastery of US English grammar, conversational phrasing, and Associated Press style.
• Outstanding writing and oral communication skills; proven ability to translate complex concepts into easily digestible terms.
• Exceptional 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.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with quick turnaround times simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, as well as with a larger, multifunctional team.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.