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Pensions & Investments is seeking a strategic, audience-focused Deputy Editor to help lead our newsroom and shape coverage that serves the institutional investors, asset managers, consultants, and retirement leaders who rely on us every day.<\/p>\nPensions & Investments is seeking a strategic, audience-focused Deputy Editor to help lead our newsroom and shape coverage that serves the institutional investors, asset managers, consultants, and retirement leaders who rely on us every day.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Editor will work alongside the editor team and with reporters to set priorities, sharpen journalism, and ensure our coverage consistently delivers value to a sophisticated professional audience.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Editor serves as one of the central editorial leaders for the brand, balancing daily news demands with enterprise reporting, audience growth, and long-term editorial strategy. The ideal candidate combines exceptional news judgment with strong editing instincts, leadership experience, and a deep understanding of digital journalism. They know how to identify the stories that matter most, sharpen coverage, so it delivers meaningful insight, and help reporters produce their best work.<\/p>\n
This is a digital-first leadership role. The Deputy Editor must understand how audience behavior, analytics, newsletters, events, and emerging technologies contribute to a modern B2B media brand\u2019s success.<\/p>\n
Location: New York City with in-office presence three days a week highly preferred. For the highly qualified person we are open to Chicago with in-office presence three days a week.<\/p>\n
What You\u2019ll Do<\/p>\n
Editorial Leadership<\/p>\n
Set daily, weekly, and long-term editorial priorities across all platforms.
\nLead the reporters covering what matters most to Asset Allocators.
\nGuide story selection, framing, and execution to ensure journalism is timely, differentiated, and impactful.
\nMaintain high standards of accuracy, fairness, clarity, ethics, and originality.
\nBalance breaking news demands with enterprise, analytical, and investigative reporting.
\nEnsure stories are framed around clear audience needs \u2014 helping readers understand what happened, why it matters, and what comes next.
\nPush the newsroom toward fewer commodity stories and more interpretation, insight, and decision-support journalism.<\/p>\n
Audience Strategy & Growth<\/p>\n
Champion an audience-first mindset across the newsroom.
\nUse analytics, reader behavior, and editorial judgment to shape coverage decisions.
\nEnsure coverage aligns with the needs of core audiences, including institutional asset allocators, money managers, consultants, and retirement leaders.
\nOversee the development of newsletters, recurring franchises, and editorial products that build reader habits and loyalty.
\nPartner with audience development, product, and marketing teams to improve engagement, retention, subscriptions, and reach.
\nIdentify opportunities to expand audience through newsletters, search, social, events, and emerging platforms.<\/p>\n
Editing Excellence<\/p>\n
Raise the quality and impact of daily journalism through strong editing and story shaping.
\nWork closely with editors and reporters to sharpen framing, sourcing, structure, and \u2018why this matters.\u2019
\nEnsure stories are packaged for clarity, usefulness, and digital performance.
\nChampion storytelling that is scannable, actionable, and highly relevant to professional readers.
\nStrengthen consistency in headlines, framing, and editorial decision-making across the newsroom.<\/p>\n
Reporter & Talent Development<\/p>\n
Lead, coach, and develop reporters and editors at all levels.
\nHelp reporters sharpen sourcing, beat expertise, framing, and enterprise thinking.
\nFoster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
\nConduct regular coaching and feedback conversations that help journalists grow professionally.
\nSupport recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and talent development efforts.
\nBuild a stronger newsroom bench and develop future editorial leaders.<\/p>\n
What Success Looks Like<\/p>\n
Journalism that consistently delivers value, relevance, authority, and differentiation for institutional investors.
\nClear editorial priorities and stronger newsroom focus.
\nIncreased audience engagement, loyalty, and reader habits through newsletters and recurring franchises.
\nStronger story framing with greater emphasis on insight and decision support.
\nReporters and editors who are developing their skills and producing more ambitious, impactful work.
\nEffective collaboration across editorial and business teams while maintaining editorial independence.
\nA culture that embraces innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.<\/p>\n