Deputy Director of Content Strategy
Deputy Director of Content Strategy
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$ 140000 - 170000
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Job Description:
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Deputy Director of Content Strategy to work at the center of our audiencefirst mission.
You will help steer a team in developing content strategy for a newsroom focused on creating distinctive journalism that engages subscribers and attracts new audiences. Youll serve as both a catalyst for cultural transformationfostering new ways of thinking and doing thingsand a translator of actionable insights to infuse audiencefirst thinking into coverage.
In our fastpaced global newsroom youll balance rapid recommendations during breaking news with longterm strategic initiatives that reinforce the Journals position as the definitive source for businessminded audiences. The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator and creative thinkerendlessly curious about evolving audience needs and adept at pairing sound news judgment with datadriven rigor.
This role is based in New York and reports to the Director of Content Strategy.
You will:
Support the Director of Content Strategy in establishing priorities for the team and ensuring we act with urgency to deliver impact in the newsroom.
Lead and mentor a highperforming team of audience strategists and editors.
Cultivate a culture of experimentation datadriven decisionmaking and crossfunctional collaboration including coverage audience development operations product and marketing.
Translate newsroom priorities into clear measurable content strategies.
Champion analytics across the newsroom and turn audience data into actionable insights.
Present to senior leaders and share learnings broadly to inform coverage.
Launch and shepherd deepdive content analyses that shape and plan coverage and answer strategic questions about and beyond coverage.
Anticipate emerging news trends and innovate story formatstext live blogs visuals video podcasts and other mediumsto maximize impact and keep our coverage ahead of the curve.
Relentlessly advocate for the needs of our audiences.
You have:
10 years of experience in digital newsrooms with expertise in editorial strategy and some combination of audience development analytics reporting and editing video and audio production or project management.
Proven ability to lead teams that achieve substantial audience growth and boost subscriber engagement.
Exceptional analytical skillsadept at extracting insights from data crafting clear narratives for news leaders and recommending actionable solutions.
Expertise with web analytics tools; SQL Python or other dataanalysis languages are a plus.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with a talent for influencing senior stakeholders and driving crossdepartmental alignment.
Demonstrated success in building trust collaborating effectively and forging consensus across teams.
Deep understanding of and passion for the competitive digitalnews media landscape.
Selfstarter comfortable identifying challenges and opportunities with the drive to develop and implement solutions.
To apply please submit a resume. If you have questions please contact .
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy We are 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 Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
Dow Jones News WSJJob Category:
Editorial/JournalismUnion Status:
NonUnion rolePay Range: $140000 $170000We 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. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Payforperformance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
