Description
MarketWatch is seeking a Newsletter Writer/Editor to join their team. The successful candidate 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.
The Newsletter Writer/Editor will play a central role in shaping the future of MarketWatch's newsletters, helping to grow its audience, deepen reader engagement and create new opportunities for journalism to connect with readers beyond the homepage.
Responsibilities:
- Write, edit and help produce newsletters across MarketWatch's growing portfolio
- 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 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 establish repeatable editorial practices that can strengthen the quality and execution of newsletters
Requirements:
- 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
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