Dow Jones is hiring: WSJ+ Senior Platform Editor in New York

Dow Jones is seeking an experienced senior platform editor to join and help manage the team behind WSJ+, a premium digital product offering personalized news and analysis from four prestigious titles: The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and Investor’s Business Daily.

WSJ+ is an innovative subscription service designed for business-minded audiences who want personalized content that helps them make smarter decisions about their money, investments, and financial futures. As a WSJ+ senior platform editor, you’ll play a key role in enhancing the user experience by ensuring content meets subscribers' needs.

This role is based in New York and will report to the Chief Newswire Editor.

You will:

• Implement content strategy: Help develop the content offering on WSJ+ with two main goals–engaging bundle subscribers more deeply through personalization and building cross-brand discovery.

• Optimize product experience: Monitor the WSJ+ product ecosystem daily to ensure a seamless dynamic product experience and address time-sensitive or contextual gaps as they arise.

• Maintain metadata accuracy: Ensure metadata is properly managed in the content management system, reflecting the content accurately and consistently.

• Leverage data for growth: Use audience feedback and audience analytics, provided by the Marketing team, to identify opportunities to improve user engagement and drive subscriber growth.

• Collaborate across teams: Work closely with product, tech, and editorial teams to improve functionality, assist in technology enhancements, and contribute to ongoing product discussions.

• Uphold editorial integrity: Maintain the high standards of Dow Jones, ensuring all content adheres to our editorial ethics and brand voice.

You have:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in a digital newsroom, with a background in editing, writing, production, and product development. Familiarity with the intersection of editorial and tech is a plus.

• Financial acumen: Strong understanding of financial markets, corporate developments, and economic trends. Prior reporting experience is a plus.

• Subscriber-focused: Experience working for a subscriber-driven product or service, especially one aimed at delivering premium content and personalized user experiences.

• Judgment and initiative: Excellent news judgment and the ability to balance urgent needs with long-term objectives. You should be proactive in spotting challenges and opportunities.

• Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, complex environment where ambiguity and change are constant.

• Communication skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and collaborate effectively across teams.

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process.

Business Area: Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category: Editorial/Journalism

Union Status: Non-Union role

Pay Range: 95,000 - 110,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.

Req ID: 45199

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