Deputy Editor, Company and Business News, CNBC Digital

Company Description

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business information to over 400 million homes worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC's highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries. CNBC also delivers content across a variety of digital platforms such as: CNBC.com; CNBC PRO, a premium service that provides in-depth access to Wall Street; a suite of CNBC mobile apps for iOS and Android devices; Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri voice interfaces; and streaming services including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TVs. CNBC is a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation.

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Job Description

We're looking for an enthusiastic, quick-thinking and collaborative deputy editor for our company and business news team at CNBC Digital. This person will work with the team's senior editor and a fellow deputy editor to coordinate and edit coverage of major consumer-centric companies such as Walmart, McDonald's, Peloton and Constellation Brands for CNBC's widely read news site. This is a management position that will have a few direct reports within the company and business news team. You will report to and work closely with this team's senior editor.

What you'll do:

• Edit and assign breaking business news stories, articles about corporate earnings reports and follow-up pieces.
• Coordinate and conceive features, investigative stories, long-term projects and other enterprise reporting across the entire team and, sometimes, the newsroom.
• Manage a small group of reporters, executing such duties as running meetings, conducting 1-on-1 check-ins and performance reviews.
• Occasionally write articles and newsletters.

What we’ll offer:

At CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, you’ll have access to great perks and amenities:

• Sweat it out -- Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment  group classes
• Eat up -- Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars
• Extras -- Dry cleaning

Don’t have a car? No problem! We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City

When you join the NBCUniversal family, you’ll get…

We’re a global company that values our employee’s individual experiences and wellbeing. We know that we’re smarter, more dynamic and better together. That’s why we offer benefits and perks to meet your unique needs. Read more about them on our careers site here. We invite you to seek the excitement, the challenges and the opportunities that make working here so rewarding.

Qualifications

What you'll bring to the table:

• Top-notch editing skills – You'll have at least 5 years' experience writing and/or editing news about corporations, markets or the economy. You're a great line editor, you have a knack for shaping story structure, and you have a strong knowledge of consumer and market trends.
• Strong emotional intelligence -- You'll be working with a team that thrives on collaboration.
• Experience working with reporters -- You'll have at least a year experience managing or mentoring reporters, including a track record of helping shape coverage priorities.
• Sharp writing skills -- You'll help develop less-seasoned journalists, and you'll write some copy yourself.
• Time management -- You're organized and you keep things on an even keel whether it's busy or slow.

Additional Requirements:

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV t