Financial Newsletter Editor & Engagement Lead

Storyful; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Insurance plans

Wellness resources

Education benefits

Family care benefits

Commuter transit program

Subscription discounts

Employee referral program

Financial health programs

Cybersecurity protection

Job summary

MarketWatch is seeking a Newsletter Writer/Editor to craft and edit newsletters across its growing portfolio, including flagship products like Don’t Short Yourself and Need to Know. You’ll shape voices, formats and editorial approaches for each newsletter, bringing a lively, reader-focused style to financial journalism.

The role collaborates with audience, social, video and marketing teams to extend reach and impact, turning MarketWatch reporting into engaging newsletter experiences for a broad

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in journalism, newsletters, or digital media or a related field.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, with experience producing newsletters or other audience-focused journalism.
• Strong editorial judgment and an instinct for identifying stories and ideas that can build habits and deepen reader engagement.
• Comfort using audience data and reader feedback to inform editorial decisions.
• Ability to make complex financial and economic subjects accessible, useful and engaging for a broad audience.
• Familiarity with newsletter platforms and audience-engagement tools.
• Ability to manage multiple newsletters and priorities in a fast-moving newsroom.

Responsibilities

• Write, edit and help produce newsletters across MarketWatch’s growing portfolio, including flagship products such as Don’t Short Yourself and Need to Know.
• Help develop distinctive voices, formats and editorial approaches for individual newsletters.
• Bring a conversational, personality-driven approach to financial journalism and help turn MarketWatch reporting into compelling newsletter experiences.
• Collaborate with audience, social, video and marketing teams to extend the reach and impact of MarketWatch’s journalism.
• Work closely with reporters and editors across the newsroom to identify stories, ideas and voices that can strengthen our newsletters.
• Use audience data and reader feedback to improve subject matter, presentation and engagement.
• Experiment with formats and approaches that can build reader habits and deepen engagement.
• Help to establish repeatable editorial practices that can strengthen the quality and execution of newsletters.
• Help establish distinctive voices for the new/relaunched newsletters.
• Grow readership and engagement.
• Create repeatable practices that improve the quality and execution.

Job description

MarketWatch is seeking a Newsletter Writer/Editor to craft and edit newsletters across its growing portfolio, including flagship products like Don’t Short Yourself and Need to Know. You’ll shape voices, formats and editorial approaches for each newsletter, bringing a lively, reader-focused style to financial journalism.

The role collaborates with audience, social, video and marketing teams to extend reach and impact, turning MarketWatch reporting into engaging newsletter experiences for a broad