Crain's New York Business
Assistant Managing Editor, Crain’s New York Business
Crain's New York Business, New York, New York, us, 10261
Overview
Crain’s New York Business – the city’s essential source for news at the intersection of business, power and policy – is seeking a sharp, highly organized Assistant Managing Editor to help drive our daily coverage and support our newsroom leadership. This role is ideal for an editor who thrives in a fast‑paced digital environment, has strong news judgment, and knows how to elevate copy while still developing leadership skills.
What You’ll Do
Support the Editor in day‑to‑day newsroom operations, moving stories from pitch to publication across digital, print, newsletters, social, and events.
Help lead the daily news meeting: surface smart ideas, pressure‑test pitches, flag gaps, and recommend formats and framing that best serve a C‑suite, investor and policy‑focused audience.
Line edit and top edit stories with speed and precision—sharpening ledes, tightening structure, clarifying service elements, and ensuring every story reflects Crain’s New York Business standards.
Work closely with reporters to keep coverage on track: confirm angles, deadlines, sourcing expectations, and follow‑ups on major breaking and developing stories.
Partner with the audience/digital team to monitor real‑time metrics and reader behavior and help translate insights into headline, framing, timing and promotion decisions.
Encourage experimentation with storytelling formats—graphics, charts, short‑form video, explainers, data‑driven features, newsletters, and event‑related coverage—and help execute them.
Support planning and execution of enterprise and investigative projects by managing timelines, coordinating across beats, and ensuring strong digital presentation.
Use AI tools and other newsroom technology responsibly to increase efficiency, support research and improve production workflows.
Serve as a key point of contact on busy news days, triaging assignments and maintaining high standards when senior leaders focus on longer‑term priorities.
Work with editors and reporters to reinforce best practices around accuracy, ethics, sourcing, fairness and clarity.
Occasionally represent Crain’s New York Business at events, panels and other public‑facing opportunities as part of the editorial leadership team.
What You Bring
3+ years of editing experience in a competitive, deadline‑driven newsroom; experience helping guide coverage or overseeing parts of the report is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to spot the real story in complex business, real‑estate, political and policy developments and shape coverage for a sophisticated New York business audience.
Experience in business or metro journalism; comfort working with earnings reports, public filings, budgets, campaign proposals and policy documents.
Proven line‑editing skills: you can quickly improve structure, sharpen analysis, strengthen voice and eliminate errors.
Familiarity with audience analytics and digital publishing tools, and an interest in using data to inform decisions on headlines, formats and priorities.
Openness to testing new formats and tools—including newsletters, alerts and AI‑assisted workflows—and the judgment to know what serves readers best.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset: you’re comfortable giving clear feedback, supporting colleagues, and reinforcing expectations set by newsroom leadership.
A high bar for accuracy, fairness and ethics, and a calm, solutions‑oriented approach under deadline pressure.
Flexibility to work occasional early mornings, evenings or weekends to support coverage of major news events.
Why Join Us? This is a rare opportunity to lead one of New York’s most respected newsrooms at a pivotal moment in its evolution. You’ll guide a talented team, shape coverage that matters, and represent the brand in the city’s most influential circles—all while building on a legacy of trust and excellence.
Location New York, NY (in‑office presence required at least three days a week, ideally Tuesday–Thursday).
Pay Transparency Disclosure The estimated salary range for this position is $90,000 to $110,000. The final salary offering will take into account a wide range of factors, including experience, accomplishments and location. In addition to base salary, Crain also offers competitive benefits including retirement plan savings contributions and bonus opportunities based on individual and company performance.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60‑1.35(c).
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What You’ll Do
Support the Editor in day‑to‑day newsroom operations, moving stories from pitch to publication across digital, print, newsletters, social, and events.
Help lead the daily news meeting: surface smart ideas, pressure‑test pitches, flag gaps, and recommend formats and framing that best serve a C‑suite, investor and policy‑focused audience.
Line edit and top edit stories with speed and precision—sharpening ledes, tightening structure, clarifying service elements, and ensuring every story reflects Crain’s New York Business standards.
Work closely with reporters to keep coverage on track: confirm angles, deadlines, sourcing expectations, and follow‑ups on major breaking and developing stories.
Partner with the audience/digital team to monitor real‑time metrics and reader behavior and help translate insights into headline, framing, timing and promotion decisions.
Encourage experimentation with storytelling formats—graphics, charts, short‑form video, explainers, data‑driven features, newsletters, and event‑related coverage—and help execute them.
Support planning and execution of enterprise and investigative projects by managing timelines, coordinating across beats, and ensuring strong digital presentation.
Use AI tools and other newsroom technology responsibly to increase efficiency, support research and improve production workflows.
Serve as a key point of contact on busy news days, triaging assignments and maintaining high standards when senior leaders focus on longer‑term priorities.
Work with editors and reporters to reinforce best practices around accuracy, ethics, sourcing, fairness and clarity.
Occasionally represent Crain’s New York Business at events, panels and other public‑facing opportunities as part of the editorial leadership team.
What You Bring
3+ years of editing experience in a competitive, deadline‑driven newsroom; experience helping guide coverage or overseeing parts of the report is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to spot the real story in complex business, real‑estate, political and policy developments and shape coverage for a sophisticated New York business audience.
Experience in business or metro journalism; comfort working with earnings reports, public filings, budgets, campaign proposals and policy documents.
Proven line‑editing skills: you can quickly improve structure, sharpen analysis, strengthen voice and eliminate errors.
Familiarity with audience analytics and digital publishing tools, and an interest in using data to inform decisions on headlines, formats and priorities.
Openness to testing new formats and tools—including newsletters, alerts and AI‑assisted workflows—and the judgment to know what serves readers best.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset: you’re comfortable giving clear feedback, supporting colleagues, and reinforcing expectations set by newsroom leadership.
A high bar for accuracy, fairness and ethics, and a calm, solutions‑oriented approach under deadline pressure.
Flexibility to work occasional early mornings, evenings or weekends to support coverage of major news events.
Why Join Us? This is a rare opportunity to lead one of New York’s most respected newsrooms at a pivotal moment in its evolution. You’ll guide a talented team, shape coverage that matters, and represent the brand in the city’s most influential circles—all while building on a legacy of trust and excellence.
Location New York, NY (in‑office presence required at least three days a week, ideally Tuesday–Thursday).
Pay Transparency Disclosure The estimated salary range for this position is $90,000 to $110,000. The final salary offering will take into account a wide range of factors, including experience, accomplishments and location. In addition to base salary, Crain also offers competitive benefits including retirement plan savings contributions and bonus opportunities based on individual and company performance.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60‑1.35(c).
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