News Director

Summary

Join Datassential as their News Director to lead the charge in generating unique news and insights from their product suite. Leverage existing research and proprietary analytics to publish compelling customer insights. You will also build and manage a globally distributed team to produce daily news coverage efficiently. Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to create engaging content for diverse customer types within the food and beverage industry. Develop an annual coverage plan, identify opportunities for insightful content, and collaborate with internal teams for efficient publication. Maximize content impact by monitoring user engagement and adapting content to trending topics. This role requires a strong background in business journalism and data-driven storytelling.

Requirements

• 5+ years of business journalism experience, including a minimum of two as editor in a real-time, business-to-business, subscription-based and industry-focused publishing environment
• Demonstrated history of data-driven journalism - specifically, leveraging proprietary data and IP to drive compelling editorial angles and produce daily news content
• Experience directing and managing high-performing globally distributed editorial teams
• Possess strong comfort and familiarity with process and process management
• Show a demonstrated track record of developing subject-matter expertise in new areas rapidly
• Have a history of demonstrating entrepreneurship and creativity in breaking news and delivering compelling insights to an industry-focused readership
• Be extremely comfortable collaborating in a cross-functional manner in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Have experience in supporting a growing editorial effort with scalable processes and editorial infrastructure
• Have demonstrated experience in leveraging automation technologies (NLG, NLP, LLMs, etc) to drive efficiency and create value in editorial processes

Responsibilities

• Working with Datassential’s product executive team team, draft an annual coverage plan with clear commitments and goals for increased coverage and that meets the needs of various client personas
• Identify specific opportunities to mine compelling insights from Datassential’s unique, proprietary research and analytics tools
• Collaborate closely with Datassential’s existing publication team, as well as other groups internally including Marketing, Product and Data, to ensure the efficient and timely publication of insights
• Maximize impact of news content by monitoring user engagement and adjusting daily content to capitalize on high-interest topics
• Hire, train, and manage an editorial team, to include at least three writers/editors based in an offshore editorial center of excellence
• Identify and set KPIs for news publication and impact
• Collaborate with the Datassential product team on the release of enhancements designed to increase the usage and distribution of news content on the platform
• Develop subject matter expertise in the food and beverage industry and real-time awareness of industry news topics, attending conferences, discovery sessions with clients and following relevant publications
• Define requirements for an editorial CMS to support expanded publishing operations
• Leverage automation (NLG, NLP, LLMs, etc) to streamline editorial workflows

Preferred Qualifications

Some experience in editorial product management, either directly (defining business requirements for editorial product enhancement) or indirectly (closely partnering with product managers on the delivery of editorial product)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, including a no cost employee-only plan
• Paid parental leave
• 401K with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 5%
• Unlimited PTO, recharge days, and Christmas through New Year break
• Remote Stipend
• Wellness Reimbursement or HQ Gym access