Weekend News Editor, CNBC

Location: Hybrid role based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States; Thursday through Sunday schedule. External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global location.

Salary: USD 90,000–125,000 yearly.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company operating brands across political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, sports, and genre entertainment, including CNBC and related digital assets.

What you will do

• Lead CNBC’s weekend editorial coverage from Thursday through Sunday and drive coverage as news breaks.
• Curate and manage the homepage, making real-time decisions about story placement, prioritization and presentation.
• Edit stories covering business, markets, technology, the economy and policy while ensuring accuracy, clarity, timeliness and distinctiveness.
• Work with reporters to sharpen story angles, strengthen reporting and develop compelling coverage from interviews, events and developing situations.
• Set coverage priorities and coordinate with editors, reporters and platform teams across CNBC.
• Extend major weekend stories across digital, television, video and social platforms while balancing breaking news with analysis, explainers and enterprise reporting.

Requirements

• 5+ years of editing experience in a fast-paced digital or broadcast newsroom.
• Excellent news judgment and the ability to lead coverage during breaking and developing news situations.
• Strong story-editing, writing and headline-writing skills.
• Broad knowledge of business, markets, technology, the economy and policy.
• Ability to develop compelling story angles and help reporters produce distinctive journalism.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work calmly under deadline pressure and make clear editorial decisions.
• Availability to work a Thursday through Sunday schedule.

Nice to have

• Experience editing business or financial news.
• Experience working across digital, video and social platforms.
• Experience with content-management systems and homepage publishing tools.
• Familiarity with audience analytics and understanding how audience behavior informs editorial presentation.
• Strong understanding of CNBC’s audience, editorial standards and coverage priorities.
• Ability to generate original story ideas and find overlooked angles in major news events.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative newsroom environment with work across CNBC editorial and platform teams.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave and tuition reimbursement.
• Additional discounts and perks, including an onsite fitness center, group classes, cafeteria, dry cleaning and shoe shining.
• Free shuttle transportation from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation support during recruitment.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a hirify.global Media employee at one of the company’s locations before a hiring decision.