Deputy Editor, Editorial Strategy & Audience
Crain Communications, New York, New York, us, 10261
Pensions & Investments is seeking a senior editorial leader to serve as
Deputy Editor , partnering closely with the Editor in Chief to help run a digital-first, user-needs-driven newsroom serving institutional investors. This role is the newsroom's strategic No. 2. The Deputy Editor will help set editorial priorities, sharpen differentiation, strengthen franchises and newsletters, and ensure our journalism consistently helps readers stay informed, understand complexity, see implications, and make better decisions. The role is suited to an editor with strong judgment, leadership presence, and the potential to grow into the Editor in Chief position over time.
What You'll Do Set Editorial Focus
Help set daily and weekly editorial priorities across platforms
Ensure stories are commissioned and framed around a clear primary user need (update, explain, analyze, or decide)
Edit and shape stories on a daily basis, working directly with reporters and editors on priority coverage to sharpen framing, institutional relevance, and "why this matters" for core audiences.
Push the newsroom toward fewer commodity stories and more interpretation and decision support
Build Franchises and Reader Habit
Oversee the development of key newsletters and recurring editorial franchises
Work with editors to create repeatable formats readers rely on at predictable moments
Use audience insight and editorial judgment together to refine what we do more of - and what we stop doing
Raise the Bar on Digital Craft
Ensure content is packaged for clarity, usefulness, and longevity in digital formats
Champion strong framing, scannability, and clear "why this matters" storytelling
Partner with audience and product teams to improve reach and engagement
Develop Editors and Talent
Coach editors and reporters to sharpen judgment, framing, and audience focus
Help develop future editorial leaders and strengthen the newsroom bench
Model decisiveness, clarity, and accountability in how the newsroom operates
Partner Across the Organization
Collaborate with events, research/data, and commercial teams to align editorial priorities with sustainable growth, while maintaining editorial independence and standards
What Success Looks Like
Clearer editorial priorities and stronger differentiation
Increased reader habit and loyalty, especially through newsletters and franchises
A newsroom aligned around audience needs, not just workflows
Editors who commission with confidence and make clear trade-offs
A strong deputy who is a credible future Editor in Chief
Qualifications
Senior editing and newsroom leadership experience in a digital-first environment
Familiarity with user-needs or audience-led editorial models
Strong editorial judgment and comfort making trade-offs
Proven ability to coach talent and lead change
Interest in serving sophisticated institutional audiences
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 $130,000 to $150,000. The final salary offering will take into account a wide range of factors, including experience, accomplishments and location. The salary range provided should not be considered as a salary limit or cap. 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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Deputy Editor , partnering closely with the Editor in Chief to help run a digital-first, user-needs-driven newsroom serving institutional investors. This role is the newsroom's strategic No. 2. The Deputy Editor will help set editorial priorities, sharpen differentiation, strengthen franchises and newsletters, and ensure our journalism consistently helps readers stay informed, understand complexity, see implications, and make better decisions. The role is suited to an editor with strong judgment, leadership presence, and the potential to grow into the Editor in Chief position over time.
What You'll Do Set Editorial Focus
Help set daily and weekly editorial priorities across platforms
Ensure stories are commissioned and framed around a clear primary user need (update, explain, analyze, or decide)
Edit and shape stories on a daily basis, working directly with reporters and editors on priority coverage to sharpen framing, institutional relevance, and "why this matters" for core audiences.
Push the newsroom toward fewer commodity stories and more interpretation and decision support
Build Franchises and Reader Habit
Oversee the development of key newsletters and recurring editorial franchises
Work with editors to create repeatable formats readers rely on at predictable moments
Use audience insight and editorial judgment together to refine what we do more of - and what we stop doing
Raise the Bar on Digital Craft
Ensure content is packaged for clarity, usefulness, and longevity in digital formats
Champion strong framing, scannability, and clear "why this matters" storytelling
Partner with audience and product teams to improve reach and engagement
Develop Editors and Talent
Coach editors and reporters to sharpen judgment, framing, and audience focus
Help develop future editorial leaders and strengthen the newsroom bench
Model decisiveness, clarity, and accountability in how the newsroom operates
Partner Across the Organization
Collaborate with events, research/data, and commercial teams to align editorial priorities with sustainable growth, while maintaining editorial independence and standards
What Success Looks Like
Clearer editorial priorities and stronger differentiation
Increased reader habit and loyalty, especially through newsletters and franchises
A newsroom aligned around audience needs, not just workflows
Editors who commission with confidence and make clear trade-offs
A strong deputy who is a credible future Editor in Chief
Qualifications
Senior editing and newsroom leadership experience in a digital-first environment
Familiarity with user-needs or audience-led editorial models
Strong editorial judgment and comfort making trade-offs
Proven ability to coach talent and lead change
Interest in serving sophisticated institutional audiences
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 $130,000 to $150,000. The final salary offering will take into account a wide range of factors, including experience, accomplishments and location. The salary range provided should not be considered as a salary limit or cap. 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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