News Editor, Live Journalism

Job description

Job Description: About the Role: The Wall Street Journal is seeking a news minded, culturally curious, entrepreneurial editor to join our Live Journalism team. This editor will own and shape agendas for our award-winning Journal Houses which take place across the world and help produce the Future of Everything event franchise. We're looking for a journalist who has experience building franchises and a track record of getting things done with an emphasis on originality and exclusivity. You will have a network that dives deep into business, technology and finance. The ideal candidate will also have knowledge of the current competitive landscape and a sense for the topics people want to read and consume. You will work across coverage areas to source, build, own, and manage relationships with business, culture, social and political leaders featured at Journal gatherings. Not only will you lead some of the conversations that take place on our stage, but you'll work on how to continue the conversation post-event, thinking through how to package event coverage for print, digital, newsletters, video, audio and social media to reach new audiences. This position requires creativity, entrepre...