Company Description
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.
Job Description
CNBC is looking for an exceptional investing journalist to lead our signature evening newsletter for retail investors—a must-read daily briefing designed to help readers understand what happened in the markets, what it means for their portfolios, and what to watch before the next trading day.
Published after the closing bell, the newsletter will go beyond recapping the day's headlines. It will deliver sharp analysis that connects the dots across markets, companies, sectors and the economy, helping readers understand why stocks moved, which developments matter most to investors, and where opportunities and risks may be emerging. It will also curate the best of CNBC by highlighting key insights from the network's reporting while previewing the day's most important interviews, analysis and live programming.
The ideal candidate is equal parts reporter, analyst and storyteller. They should have a deep understanding of investing and financial markets, a strong command of newsletter writing, and the ability to transform a fast-moving news cycle into an engaging, indispensable read. They know how to extract the signal from the noise, identify the day's most important investing lessons, and anticipate the events most likely to shape markets tomorrow.
Success in this role requires close collaboration across CNBC's newsroom. The Lead Investing Newsletter Writer/Reporter will work closely with CNBC's markets, economics, technology, politics, television, digital video and social teams to ensure readers receive the strongest reporting and the clearest investing insights from across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Write CNBC's flagship evening investing newsletter, delivering a smart, engaging and insightful briefing after every market close.
- Explain what the day's market action means for retail investors and help readers understand how the news could affect their portfolios.
- Identify the most important investing themes, opportunities and risks emerging from the day's news.
- Connect developments across earnings, economic data, monetary policy, politics and global events into clear investing takeaways.
- Look ahead to the next trading day by identifying the catalysts, earnings reports, economic releases and market events investors should be watching.
- Produce original reporting by developing relationships with investors, strategists, economists, analysts and corporate executives.
- Write with a distinctive voice that builds reader loyalty and makes the newsletter an essential daily habit for investors.
- Collaborate closely with CNBC's television, digital video, social and editorial teams to surface the strongest reporting and insights from across the newsroom.
- Use audience data and newsletter analytics to continually improve engagement, open rates and subscriber growth.
- Contribute enterprise investing stories and analysis across CNBC's platforms as needed.
- Work as a collaborative team player across all Versant News platforms.
At CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, you’ll have access to great perks and amenities:
- Sweat it out -- Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, plus daily group classes
- Eat up -- Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars
- Extras -- Dry cleaning, shoe shining and sneak peeks
Don’t have a car? No problem! We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Salary range: $95,000-$125,000.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience covering investing, financial markets, public companies or the economy for a major news organization.
- Strong understanding of equity markets, investing principles, portfolio construction and the economic forces that drive stocks, sectors and market sentiment.
- Demonstrated ability to produce insightful investing analysis that helps retail investors better understand market developments and make more informed decisions.
- Experience writing newsletters or other recurring editorial products that engage audiences through a distinctive voice and compelling storytelling.
- Excellent news judgment, with the ability to identify the day's most important investing themes and separate meaningful developments from market noise.
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to translate complex financial and economic concepts into clear, engaging and accessible journalism.
- Experience covering earnings, corporate news, economic data, Federal Reserve policy and other market-moving events.
- Proven ability to generate original reporting and cultivate relationships with investors, strategists, analysts, economists and corporate executives.
- Ability to synthesize reporting from across a newsroom into a cohesive editorial product while meeting daily deadlines.
- Strong understanding of the needs of retail investors and a passion for helping readers make sense of the markets through practical investing insights.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work seamlessly across editorial, television, digital video, social, product and audience teams.
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.
VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.
VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.