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The Telegraph, Investment Editor

Employer
The Telegraph
Location
London (Central)
Salary
Competitive + excellent benefits
Closing date
Feb 28, 2019

Job Details

The Telegraph’s personal finance team is central to our subscription strategy, and is hugely popular among our most engaged, paying digital readers.

The Investment Editor will be responsible for overseeing the desk’s market-leading investment content, reporting to the editor and head of desk, writing, editing and commissioning engaging personal finance content with an investment focus for multiple channels, primarily digital and print.

Key responsibilities

  • Delivery of a stream of investment ideas content, both news and evergreen, via writing, editing and commissioning that aim to help our well-informed readership make their own investment decisions. Need to be able to turn complex investment jargon into plain English.
  • Leading the specialist investment reporters and other reporters, with the guidance of the editor and head of desk, in the production of investment content that serves Telegraph readers and sets the bar for the industry
  • Editing investment content for print and online
  • Writing in a range of formats including news, analysis, expert advice, guides, explainers and case studies (such as money makeovers)
  • Developing original and compelling ideas and creative ways to present them – which could include graphics, calculators, video, polls etc
  • Monitoring reader correspondence – and use this as a prompt for idea generation
  • Monitoring analytics, SEO and social channels, again to help inform ideas and successful formats
  • Spotting stories or digital projects from raw numbers
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues on other desks where appropriate
  • Edit other personal finance stories as necessary
  • Generate original ideas, including by using stock screening and fund analysis tools.
  • Manage long-term projects such as our Telegraph 25 list of favourite funds, and cover the Questor share tipping column where required
  • Work on the investment newsletter as necessary


Essential skills required for the role

  • Extensive experience producing, editing and commissioning investment content
  • Confidence and creativity with headlines, standfirst, pictures, graphics, polls etc
  • Excellent, accurate writing across a range of formats
  • Experience of writing and developing stories for digital and print
  • An ability to explain and convey complex subjects clearly and comprehensively
  • An ability to find new ways to cover the same topics or issues
  • A sound network of contacts within investing, and the wider spectrum of personal finance topics including mortgages, tax, pensions, banking and insurance
  • Knowledge of relevant data sources
  • Enthusiasm, energy and ability to be part of our happy and successful team
  • An ability to show initiative and work well under pressure


Additional skills useful for the role

  • Experience managing a small team of reporters
  • Experience using InCopy and/or InDesign


Click 'Apply' now.

The Telegraph’s goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds.

We are an equal opportunities employer, hiring solely on merit and business need. We encourage applications regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood and disability. If you require reasonable adjustments in any recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

Company

The Telegraph is an award-winning, multimedia news brand synonymous with quality, credibility and authority for more than 160 years. 

We are renowned for the analysis, perspective, opinion and insight our journalism provides to a discerning audience. Every day the content we create sets the news agenda, sparking debate and provoking comment.

Our vision, with quality journalism at the heart, is to pioneer new ways to serve 10 million registered users and 1 million subscribers. We’ll achieve this with a constant focus on our journalism, and by using the data and understanding we have of The Telegraph’s audience to successfully grow our revenue streams from subscriptions to advertising, travel, events, and financial services.
We want to capture diversity of thought through our people, create inclusive working environments that allow everyone to be their authentic selves at work while creating a sense of belonging to ensure we have the highest performing teams.

The Telegraph is proud to be a WORK180 endorsed employer for women in 2021.

For more information on our purpose, beliefs and people values, please visit our website. Visit our careers website to learn more about our people and jobs.

Company info
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Telephone
020 7931 2000
Location
111 Buckingham Palace Road
London
London
SW1W 0DT
GB

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