Section Editor, Lines of Business

Primary responsibilities:

1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.