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Deputy Director of Content Strategy
| Company | Dow Jones |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $140000 – $170000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 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 skills—adept at extracting insights from data, crafting clear narratives for news leaders, and recommending actionable solutions.
- Expertise with web analytics tools; SQL, Python, or other data‑analysis languages are a plus.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a talent for influencing senior stakeholders and driving cross‑departmental alignment.
- Demonstrated success in building trust, collaborating effectively, and forging consensus across teams.
- Deep understanding of and passion for the competitive digital‑news media landscape.
- Self‑starter comfortable identifying challenges and opportunities, with the drive to develop and implement solutions.
Responsibilities
- 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 high‑performing team of audience strategists and editors.
- Cultivate a culture of experimentation, data‑driven decision‑making and cross‑functional 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 deep-dive content analyses that shape and plan coverage, and answer strategic questions about and beyond coverage.
- Anticipate emerging news trends and innovate story formats—text, live blogs, visuals, video, podcasts and other mediums—to maximize impact and keep our coverage ahead of the curve.
- Relentlessly advocate for the needs of our audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- SQL, Python, or other data‑analysis languages are a plus.
