Assistant Managing Editor

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🗽 New York, Washington – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $104.8k - $174.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

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RELX

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

Consulting • Healthcare • Insurance

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The company focuses on enabling its clients to make better decisions, improve results, and enhance productivity by leveraging advanced technology and data. RELX serves various sectors, including Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions, by offering specialized information and analytical tools that facilitate critical decision-making. The company is committed to corporate responsibility and delivering societal benefit through its products by contributing to scientific advancement, legal justice, and effective market transactions.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage a team of data reporters and editors. • Set standards for reporting, writing and production across data-driven series. • Edit data journalism for accuracy, clarity, fairness and narrative strength. • Develop and pitch story and series ideas. • Guide projects from concept through publication with reporters, editors and graphics staff. • Coach and develop reporters and editors in data skills and writing. • Own the editorial quality and integrity of the team's output. • Partner with survey and research specialists to ensure reporting is accurate, well-sourced and clearly explained. • Coordinate cross-functional collaboration so stories publish on time and meet high standards. • Help develop new data-driven series, identify valuable datasets, and guide topical surveys and research.

🎯 Requirements

• 7-10+ years of relevant newsroom experience. • Strong track record in data-driven or investigative reporting and editing. • Demonstrated leadership or team management experience in a newsroom. • Sharp editorial judgment and strong editing skills, especially with data-heavy stories. • Comfort working with data of varying quality and completeness. • Ability to identify when numerical results do not add up. • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences. • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams. • Experience editing or producing recurring data series or investigative projects is preferred. • Familiarity with data analysis tools such as R or Python is preferred. • Experience with data visualization techniques is preferred. • Legal industry reporting or research experience is preferred. • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously is preferred. • Degree in journalism, public policy, political science, economics, statistics or a related field is preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual incentive bonus • Wellbeing initiatives • Shared parental leave • Study assistance • Country specific benefits • Accommodation or adjustment support during the hiring process