Section Editor, Lines of Business
45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, USA
Req #26
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Primary responsibilities:
- Oversee and drive all content from your designated section, including that of your team members. This includes:
- Monitoring key themes and setting the agenda for content for your section
- Aligning the content for your section with the company’s commercial plan and other business priorities
- Editing value-add content (scoops, long form, commentary, interviews etc) from your section team and providing feedback where necessary
- Taking responsibility for quality and quantity of output from your section team
- Contribute yourself to the value-add content produced by your section, maintaining and building your own network of contacts and leading by example in terms of quantity and quality of value-add content production.
- Line manage one, or a team, of journalists in your section, ensuring they are both contributing to the wider product/team goals, and are happy and fulfilled professionally
- Conduct regular performance reviews for members of your team around both short term and long-term goals
- Facilitate career development for your team by arranging training/coaching sessions
- Be a key player and senior member in the wider Insurance Insider US editorial team, by:
- Assisting the US managing editor in terms of editing/bandwidth, and deputize in their absence when needed
- Assisting on wire editing and earnings coverage when needed
- Providing advice/coaching to more junior members of the team, including those outside of your section, when needed/appropriate
- Help moderate panels/roundtables at our own Insurance Insider conferences/events, and represent the brand generally at events
- Determine events priorities for your team and direct events assignments/coverage/meeting schedules
- Assist the events team in developing content for conferences and sourcing speakers
- Assisting the commercial team in sales discussions where appropriate
- For example, accompanying sales meetings to enrich the discussion with your industry knowledge/helping understand how clients use the product etc.
Other details
- Job Family Product Content & Data
- Pay Type Salary
- Employment Indicator Permanent
- 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, USA