Financial Journalist

Found in: Appcast Linkedin GBL C2 - 2 weeks ago

New York, United States The Daily Upside Full time

Who We Are

The Daily Upside is a fast-growing digital media company covering business, finance, economics, and investing. Our team of career journalists covers the events and forces shaping the global business climate with a passion for peeling back the layers of market-moving stories.


Our flagship newsletter has scaled from zero to ~1 million subscribers in less than three years and boasts an industry-leading 45% unique open rate. Patent Drop, our tech newsletter, reaches 70k+ technologists, engineers, and product strategists with differentiated coverage on the future of tech. Power Corridor, our latest newsletter, covers the intersection of Wall Street and DC.


Above all else, our mission is to empower forward-thinking business leaders with a nuanced understanding of the subtext and underlying drivers shaping the economic outlook. We write in a manner that’s equal parts engaging and insightful, with a mission to be a “must read” for

global business leaders looking to stay sharp on important trends.


Role Overview

Job Title: Financial Journalist

Location: Remote


About the Role:

We are looking for a full-time, dynamic, talented, and ambitious journalist to help write The Daily Upside newsletter. Do you wake up thinking about M3, whether private equity’s carried interest loophole will survive the next election cycle, and the dot plot? Do you have a passion for breaking these concepts down with robust analytical rigor in a way that is also creative and engaging? Experience as a financial, markets, or economics reporter is a plus, but not required. What is required is a deep passion for all things finance and a desire to tell unique stories that appeal to a sophisticated and savvy audience. The ideal candidate will be hungry to become a personal brand in financial journalism.


Responsibilities:

  • Plan, write, and edit our daily newsletter
  • Ensure timely and smooth publication of informative stories with clear reader takeaways
  • Socially native, with a desire to build a personal brand
  • Monitor news services and and alert our editorial team to breaking stories
  • Provide insight and analysis into what’s happening in the world of business, finance, economics, and investing
  • Demonstrate expertise and dominance on the beat
  • Update elements of our website pages
  • Collaborate closely with the editorial team and work seamlessly across all departments of The Daily Upside


Requirements:

  • Attention to detail and strong writing skills
  • Excellent source network and ability to create new ones
  • Well versed in a wide range of financial products and accustomed to describing financial markets, products, and economic activity in clear, direct language
  • Experience generating compelling analysis, enterprise story ideas and other content that distinguishes a publication
  • Strong reporting skills and comfort working in a fast-paced news environment and on deadline
  • Ability to break news and create conceptual scoops
  • Background in understanding local, national, and world news coverage
  • A passion for the media industry and great journalism
  • A demonstrated interest in business reporting is a plus - extensive knowledge of financial trends, concepts, and terminologies


Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and commission structure. Salary for the role is commensurate with experience and depends on several factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k
  • Unlimited PTO, paid holidays
  • Work from anywhere with a good internet connection (preferably in NYC or surrounding area)
  • Opportunity to work with a fun and passionate team and be a stakeholder in building something truly special in the media industry
  • Regular team outings (virtual or in-person)


If you're an experienced writer, with the above-mentioned qualifications, we'd love to hear from you Send us your resume and a brief message on why you'd be the perfect fit for this role.

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