Homepage & News Editor: Fast, Sharp, Visual Storytelling

Versant Media, LLC; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite fitness center

Gourmet cafeteria

Dry cleaning

Shuttle service

Job summary

Versant Media is seeking a highly organized Homepage & News Editor to lead CNBC’s journalism presentation on the homepage and related platforms. This role requires fast, smart editorial decisions to prioritize and present our biggest coverage with urgency and authority.

The ideal candidate has top-tier news judgment, sharp editing and headline-writing skills, and the ability to blend multiple formats into a compelling homepage experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a fast-paced digital newsroom, with experience editing or producing a major news homepage preferred.
• Excellent news judgment and a demonstrated ability to make quick, confident editorial decisions under deadline pressure.
• Exceptional headline-writing, copy-editing and communication skills. Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
• Experience working across a range of editorial formats, including written stories, live television, digital video, vertical video, data visualizations and photography.
• A strong visual sensibility and understanding of how to package journalism for a digital audience.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of editorial and production teams.

Responsibilities

• Curate and manage CNBC’s new homepage, making real-time decisions about story placement, prioritization and presentation.
• Use strong news judgment to identify the most important coverage of the moment and ensure the homepage reflects CNBC’s editorial priorities across a range of article offerings, from still-developing breaking news to deeply reported analysis.
• Write and edit sharp, accurate and engaging headlines and pair them creatively with the strongest photos, graphics or videos available.
• Build visually compelling story presentations by combining written reporting with live TV interviews, digital video, data visualizations, photography and other formats.
• Collaborate closely with digital editors, reporters, television show teams, video producers, social editors, data visualization journalists and photo editors.
• Identify opportunities to elevate exclusive reporting, major live events, enterprise journalism and key CNBC storytelling.
• Edit breaking news and collaborate with the homepage team to quickly adjust coverage as stories develop.
• Maintain high editorial standards for accuracy, clarity, tone and presentation.
• Help develop new approaches to homepage storytelling that better showcase CNBC’s multiplatform journalism.

Skills

News editing

Headline writing

Copy editing

Editorial judgment

Project management

Collaboration

Digital storytelling

Tools

CMS

Homepage publishing tools

Job description

Versant Media is seeking a highly organized Homepage & News Editor to lead CNBC’s journalism presentation on the homepage and related platforms. This role requires fast, smart editorial decisions to prioritize and present our biggest coverage with urgency and authority.

The ideal candidate has top-tier news judgment, sharp editing and headline-writing skills, and the ability to blend multiple formats into a compelling homepage experience.