Senior Editor, Investing - CNBC

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.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced financial news editor for the CNBC Markets and premium team covering equities and investing. The editor should be highly skilled at editing stories about stock and other market movements and trends, as well as stories about investing off developments in the news. The ideal candidate would have extensive editing experience, as well as broad knowledge of the financial markets and company financials. The editor should have good communication skills and be able to provide constructive feedback to make reporters’ copy better. The editor should also have experience managing a team of reporters, assigning stories and seeing them through to publication.

Responsibilities

• Edit multiple fast stories a day on financial markets.
• Assign and edit stories about investing.
• Edit investing newsletters.
• Edit enterprise pieces with a longer turnaround, working with reporters to build an engaging narrative.
• Work with the reporters to develop story ideas and how to build the story from the ground up with the proper quotes, facts and visuals.
• Spot market trends and stories the team should write about.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years editing experience in financial news.
• Minimum 3 years managing direct reports.
• Strong knowledge of various financial markets.
• Editing for speed and quality.
• Solid communication, providing positive feedback.
• Experience managing a team of journalists.
• BA/BS in Business, Journalism, or related field (desired).
• Deep interest in business news and financial markets (desired).
• Experience covering breaking news in competitive environments (desired).
• Experience writing and editing financial market content (desired).

Benefits

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

Pay

Salary range: $170,000-$210,000.

Location

CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.