Digital Production Editor: Audience-Driven News & SEO

The Wall Street Journal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced Digital Production Editor to join our New York newsroom’s Digital Production Team. You will blend rigorous copy-editing with strategic digital programming to shape how journalism is published across our platforms.

You will own packaging decisions, write SEO-optimized headlines, and execute real-time curation with audience data, all while upholding Dow Jones standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in digital news editing or platform curation with proven copy editing and programming skills.
• Strong, independent news judgment under deadline pressure.
• Expert-level proficiency with digital publishing tools and newsroom workflows.
• Deep knowledge of SEO best practices and ability to act on audience data in real time.
• Experience curating digital homepages, app feeds or equivalent surfaces.
• Fluency in editing across text, graphics, captions, push copy and social.
• Ability to work independently and as a collaborative team contributor.
• Calm, adaptable demeanor in a fast-paced editorial environment.

Responsibilities

• Edit copy to the highest standards of grammar, style, accuracy and clarity, on deadline.
• Make packaging and presentation decisions across breaking news, features and enterprise journalism.
• Write SEO-optimized headlines, captions, sells and push alerts that are on-brand.
• Execute daily programming decisions across WSJ platforms using audience data for real-time curation.
• Apply SEO principles across fields, tags and headline structures.
• Craft display text for off-platform distribution across channels.
• Apply metadata and technical publishing requirements consistently.
• Troubleshoot publishing issues and escalate or resolve as needed.
• Coordinate with the London production hub for publishing continuity across time zones.
• Collaborate with reporters and editors to execute audience-first publishing.
• Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics in editorial decisions.

Skills

Digital editing

Platform curation

News judgment

SEO knowledge

Audience data

Homepage/app curation

Cross-media editing

Team collaboration

Under pressure

Job description

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced Digital Production Editor to join our New York newsroom’s Digital Production Team. You will blend rigorous copy-editing with strategic digital programming to shape how journalism is published across our platforms.

You will own packaging decisions, write SEO-optimized headlines, and execute real-time curation with audience data, all while upholding Dow Jones standards in a fast-paced environment.