Markets Writer

Dow Jones; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Jones's Investors Business Daily seeks a Markets Writer to help IBD customers make more money in the stock market by explaining market mechanics, analyzing actions, and providing timely trading ideas.

The role requires strong writing, knowledge of stocks, and the ability to write sharp daily stories while juggling assignments. Content appears on Investors.com and may be featured in IBD Weekly newspaper.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience.
• At least three years of experience as a reporter or editor in finance.
• Excellent writing skills with accuracy and sound judgment.
• Strong understanding of business fundamentals and the stock market.

Responsibilities

• Accurately report and write engaging, well-sourced market articles.
• Monitor news and trends related to assigned coverage areas and market indices.
• Develop strong SEO for headlines, page titles, URLs, meta descriptions and keywords.
• Use stock charts and financial statements to gather data for stories and graphics.
• Engage on social media to promote content and grow the web audience.

Skills

Strong writing skills

Financial journalism

News judgment

SEO knowledge

Social media engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SEO tools

Stock charts

Financial databases

Job description

About The Role

Investor’s Business Daily seeks a Markets Writer to help IBD customers make more money in the stock market through content that explains the market’s mechanics and sound investing methods, analyzes the latest market action and provides timely trading ideas.

The position can be remote, although working at IBD’s Los Angeles headquarters also can be an option.

This position requires knowledge of stocks, strong writing skills, and the ability to quickly write sharp and well-optimized daily stories while juggling other assignments. Content will appear on the Investors.com website, IBD apps/premium products and possibly appear in the IBD Weekly newspaper as well. May produce videos or participate in the production of videos such as by developing scripts or appearing in videos to discuss stock market news and trends.

You Will

• Accurately report and write engaging and well-sourced articles that benefit investors, leveraging IBD’s proprietary stock market research and the IBD Methodology investing strategy as appropriate. Articles will include market analysis, investing education and trading ideas.
• Keep up to date on news and trends related to assigned coverage area, including the general market, IBD indexes and IBD stock performance lists.
• Develop strong SEO for your content. SEO includes web headlines, SEO page titles, URLs, meta descriptions and keywords, as well as hyperlinks inserted in the body of articles.
• Use databases, stock charts and financial statements when appropriate to gather information for articles and related content, such as graphics to accompany stories. IBD stock research services are crucial tools to master and use daily to guide reporting; training will be provided.
• Participate in social media to promote your IBD content, cultivate relationships with sources or others interested in the topics that you cover, and help develop IBD’s web audience.

You Have

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university or relevant experience.
• At least three years of experience as a reporter or editor, including some financial journalism.
• Excellent writing skills, accuracy and news judgment.
• Strong understanding of business fundamentals, financial statements and the stock market.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets

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Business Area: Dow Jones - W&I - IBD

Job Category: Editorial/Journalism

Union Status

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range: $85,000 - $100,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).