Platform Editor

Dow Jones is seeking a Platform Editor for NewsPlus, its web portal for financial professionals.

NewsPlus features company, markets, and economic news, features, and analysis in English and in real-time, on an intuitive web interface. Working on a shift-based system, NewsPlus editors form part of a team that selects breaking news, features, and analysis from across Dow Jones publications, including the Wall Street Journal, curating them for publication on the NewsPlus platform.

NewsPlus is a crucial component of Dow Jones’s professional content business and is highly valued by banks, financial services companies, brokers, and other market experts. Internally, stories published first to the platform increasingly appear on WSJ.com, the main Wall Street Journal website, and in print.

NewsPlus content also powers APIs that feed a large number of third-party platforms.

NewsPlus team members must be comfortable working in a digital news environment and be able to assess stories for publication based on strong news judgment. The team is also responsible for compiling newsletters, briefings, and other material.

Strong written English, excellent news judgment, a close eye for detail, and good organizational and prioritization skills are essential. A demonstrable interest in current affairs, economics, business, and finance are also key, as is an interest in how news is consumed.

Applicants should preferably have a sound understanding of financial markets and corporate and economic news. Some previous reporting experience would be an advantage.

An ability to quickly grasp software and technology is important, especially in the areas of news production and data handling.

A key part of the role includes communicating in real time with other editors, reporters, and coverage chiefs across the region and more broadly. The ability to work varying shifts may also be required. There may be occasional early starts.

The role is located in our vibrant office in Barcelona, Spain, as part of our multilingual newsroom there.

You will:

1. Exercise exceptional news judgment to identify news of importance to professionals, with the ability to efficiently prioritize and summarize into smart briefs, extracting from a wealth of available content.
2. Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics.
3. Recognize and respond to the core audiences for Dow Jones Newswires, and their needs and expectations.
4. Help connect the content with the audience.
5. Collaborate with reporters and editors from other groups, including Dow Jones Newswires, WSJ, and other colleagues and those in other bureaus and regions.
6. Communicate precisely, with compassion.
7. Be proactive rather than reactive.

You have:

1. A well-honed sense of urgency along with a capacity to remain calm under pressure.
2. The ability to prioritize tasks and time while handling multiple responsibilities.
3. Intellectual curiosity and a desire to learn.
4. A general awareness of how a newsroom works, including an understanding of workflow.
5. A collaborative mindset, function well within a team, meet deadlines and be flexible in changing/handing off tasks.