Job Description:
About the Team:
MarketWatch provides real-time business news, analysis and stock market data to the general public. Providing insight into what the news of the moment means for your money, empowering you to take control of financial decisions.
About The Role:
The Newsletter Writer/Editor write, edit and help produce newsletters across MarketWatch’s growing portfolio, including flagship products such as Don’t Short Yourself and Need to Know. They will play a central role in shaping that future—helping MarketWatch grow its audience, deepen reader engagement and create new opportunities for journalism to connect with readers beyond the homepage.
You Will:
- 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
You Have:
- 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.
Our Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plans
- Comprehensive Insurance Plans
- Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources
- Education Benefits
- Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
- Commuter Transit Program
- Subscription Discounts
- Employee Referral Program
- Financial Health Programs
- Cybersecurity Protection
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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 - Wealth & Investing
Job Category:
Editorial/Journalism
Union Status:
Non-Union role
Base Pay Range: $120,000 - $140,000
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.
