Job Description:

About Our Team

We are a team of communications professionals working across Dow Jones on strategy development, execution, media relations, crisis communications and executive profile building.

About the Role

We're on a mission at Dow Jones to provide the world's most trusted journalism, data and analysis to help people make decisions. As part of the company's global communications team, you'll play an important role in leading and supporting our external communications function, working collaboratively across both our team and executive leadership to tell our company story. You will help to lead and nurture a high-performing team of communications professionals working across Dow Jones on strategy development, execution, media relations, crisis communications and executive profile building. This is a multi-faceted role and one designed to bring critical skills, leadership abilities and a bias toward action to our team as we work to tell great stories about the company and its businesses. A key component to this role is supporting our newsrooms–The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investors Business Daily, Financial News, Private Equity News and Dow Jones Risk Journal, working closely with the head of external on developing communications strategies that support newsroom leaderships' vision, securing high-impact media coverage around key moments and initiatives, protecting our reputation, promoting our journalism and aligning the newsroom efforts to the broader mission of Dow Jones. You will partner with our editors in chief, managing editors, heads of strategy, digital, social and audio/video, among others, to tell compelling multimedia stories, both externally and internally among our newsrooms and across Dow Jones.

You Will:

• Report to the VP of External Communications and be based in our New York City office.
• Contribute to the overall strategy development and implementation of our external communications team with an eye towards fostering collaboration, breaking down silos and creating opportunities to tell holistic stories across our business.
• Work with the head of external communications to set the communications strategy for our news brands: The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Financial News, Private Equity News and Dow Jones Risk Journal.
• Drive external and internal communications for newsroom leaders, including getting stories placed, promoting our journalism, managing and building executive profiles, guiding change and protecting our brand reputation.
• Lead and execute the global communications plan for our newsrooms, directly managing a small communications team and working closely with teams in Asia and Europe to promote our journalism around the world through proactively securing high-impact media coverage.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, producers, event organizers and industry peers to create new opportunities to promote Dow Jones and our brands.
• Protect our company and brands' reputation by identifying risks and quickly preparing responses, serving as a company spokesperson.
• Manage internal communications for our newsrooms, ensuring teams get important updates, and working closely with our corporate internal communications team on storytelling across our company-wide channels and platforms.
• Play a key role in contributing to a strong team and company culture, taking to heart our values of collaboration, impact, trust and excellence.

You Have:

• 10-12 years of communications experience in the news/media industry
• Experience working with executive leaders on internal, external and crisis communications, preferably in a matrixed organization
• A strategic, proactive mindset and a strong news judgment
• Deep industry relationships and proven experience working with reporters, editors, producers and influencers
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to craft compelling messages that cut through
• Experience developing and executing impactful communications campaigns aligned with strategic priorities
• A professional, collaborative and team-oriented approach to your work
• Excellent project management skills and a solution-oriented mindset
• Strong people management skills and an appetite to mentor and grow talent
• Global work experience / background is a plus

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Education Benefits
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Care Benefits
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Communications

Job Category:

Communications

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $130,000 - $170,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..