Deputy Editor

Crain Communications

Deputy Editor leading editorial strategy and team for Pensions & Investments. Overseeing impactful journalism for institutional investors and asset managers.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeNew York City • Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $115,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in editorial strategy, guiding high-impact journalism while balancing audience needs and breaking news demands. Proven ability to coach and develop talent within a fast-paced newsroom environment, ensuring high standards of accuracy and ethical reporting.

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Journalism ExperienceNewsroom LeadershipAudience-Led Editorial StrategyCoaching JournalistsAnalytics and Audience Insights

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Hard Skills

EditingStory SelectionEditorial JudgmentInvestigative ReportingDigital Publishing

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationLeadership

Tools & Technologies

Editorial ToolsAnalytics

Industry Keywords

Asset AllocatorsInstitutional Money ManagementCIOsEndowmentsFoundations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set daily, weekly, and long-term editorial priorities across all platforms.
Lead the reporters covering what matters most to Asset Allocators.
Guide story selection, framing, and execution to ensure journalism is timely, differentiated, and impactful.
Maintain high standards of accuracy, fairness, clarity, ethics, and originality.
Balance breaking news demands with enterprise, analytical, and investigative reporting.
Ensure stories are framed around clear audience needs.
Push the newsroom toward fewer commodity stories and more interpretation, insight, and decision-support journalism.
Champion an audience-first mindset across the newsroom.
Use analytics, reader behavior, and editorial judgment to shape coverage decisions.
Oversee the development of newsletters, recurring franchises, and editorial products that build reader habits and loyalty.
Raise the quality and impact of daily journalism through strong editing and story shaping.
Lead, coach, and develop reporters and editors at all levels.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Significant journalism experience, including substantial editing and newsroom leadership responsibilities.
Familiarity with the world of institutional money management, specifically with the role of Asset Allocators, spanning from CIOs to those leading Endowments and Foundations.
Strong news judgment and demonstrated ability to guide high-impact reporting.
Experience managing editors, reporters, or cross-functional editorial teams.
Proven track record of coaching journalists and developing talent.
Strong understanding of audience-led editorial strategy and digital publishing.
Experience using analytics, audience insights, and editorial tools to inform decisions.
Ability to balance breaking news demands with long-term editorial planning.
Deep commitment to journalistic ethics, accuracy, and editorial excellence.
Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

retirement plan savings contributions
bonus opportunities based on individual and company performance