Editor in chief

Phoenix Business Journal; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

401K Plan with Employer Match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Scholarship Programs for Employees'

Job summary

Phoenix Business Journal is seeking its Editor-in-Chief, the top newsroom leader responsible for content strategy and quality across all platforms. The EIC will drive audience loyalty and growth through local business coverage with a digital-first focus.

The role reports to senior executives, mentoring the newsroom staff, and shaping reporting decisions while expanding into new markets and products. A dynamic, reader-focused leader is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5–7 years of management and/or team leadership experience.
• Daily, and preferably, weekly print experience for a business news operation.
• Experience working in an online news environment.
• Beat reporter experience.
• Inspiring, yet diplomatic and innovative.

Responsibilities

• Create content and product vision for print and digital platforms.
• Drive staff development and provide hands-on editing and guidance on coverage decisions with a digital-first mindset.
• Lead reporting staff and collaborate with leadership to grow print, digital and event audiences.
• Engage with readers and manage cross-departmental initiatives to extend the brand.

Skills

Leadership

Editing

Strategic thinking

Audience growth

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Business Journal Editor-in-Chief (EIC) is the highest-ranking newsroom leader and responsible for driving content strategy and quality across all platforms. The EIC is expected to show an insatiable desire and proven ability to drive audience loyalty and growth through high-quality and relevant local business news. Leadership and innovation must be particularly pronounced on digital platforms.

With the entire newsroom staff reporting to the Editor-in-Chief, the EIC position is far-reaching and demanding. Some key EIC competencies and responsibilities include the mentorship and development of direct reports; hands-on editing and guidance around coverage decisions and, always, a digital-first mindset.

To be successful, the EIC must possess sharp news instincts, have a burning curiosity about local business and people, a deft editing hand and an ability to be equal parts journalist, leader, entrepreneur, and brand builder. A member of the leadership team, the EIC is expected to collaborate with the Publisher to identify and address new business and audience opportunities to extend the brand.

In a world where the media landscape is in a constant state of evolution, the EIC must embrace change, learning and trying new tools and technologies to disseminate news, while never losing focus on our hyper-local mission of delivering business intelligence to our readers.

Duties and Responsibilities, work schedules and/or location may change based on evolving business needs

• Create content and product vision. The EIC must define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our portfolio of products, including the existing weekly print newspaper, daily emails, website and, soon, tablet and mobile.
• Change agent. Must drive staff adaptation to new mediums, new platforms, new skill sets, new story forms, new ways of doing things. Persuasively, diplomatically, strategically, the EIC must guide the business journal operation into new markets, new competencies, and new areas of opportunity.
• Newsroom leader. It is paramount that the EIC take a proactive, hands-on approach in developing and leading the reporting staff. Our ability to produce products that connect with our audiences stems directly from the EIC's interaction with, and direction of, the reporting team.
• Audience. The Office of the Editor and, by extension, the EIC, shares cross-departmental responsibility for growing our print, digital and event audiences. This demands a tight relationship with our audience through blogging and Editor's Notebooks.
• Ensure vitality of print through thoughtful packaging, long-form journalism, exclusive interviews.
• Management. Work with other department heads, create business and marketing plans for the company.
• Seek out content syndication channels and partnerships for Business Journal content.
• National editorial and News Initiatives - EIC will be the primary newsroom conduit between the local market and ACBJ-corporate.
• Meet or exceed goals relating to audience-engagement such as page views, unique users, repeat visits, direct traffic, social media followings and growth, paid print subscribership, email newsletter circulation growth, event attendance, and other such measures.
• Regularly participate in and attend Business Journal sponsored events.
• Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 5 -- 7 years of management and/or team leadership experience required
• Daily, and preferably, weekly print experience for a business news operation
• Experience working in an online news environment
• Beat reporter experience
• Inspiring, yet diplomatic
• Innovative, curious, collaborative
• Eager to connect directly with readers/audience
• Must be comfortable and thrive in rapidly changing and uncharted media environment

The well-being of our employees is paramount. For that reason, ACBJ offers a variety of rich and competitive benefits including bundled health, dental and vision plans designed to meet our employees' needs. We also provide programs to support mental health and wellness and a generous time-off policy in support of taking the time needed to recharge. Here are just a few of our programs:

• Paid Parental Leave
• 401K Plan with Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Multiple Employee Dependent Scholarship Programs
• Commuter Flexible Spending
• Lifestyle Programs (Including incentives for healthy habits)
• Medical Infertility Services
• Corporate discount programs
• Employee Recognition/Service Awards
• And so much more! (Benefits coverage indicated above may be based on employee participation in benefit programs and eligibility)

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable city, state or federal law.

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