Editor, Supply Chain

Company Description

Informa is one of the world’s leading knowledge providers. We create and deliver highly specialized information through publishing, events, training, market intelligence, and expertise, providing valuable knowledge to individuals, businesses and organizations worldwide.

Informa Tech informs, educates, and connects the technology community through world-class research, training, events, and media. A vibrant community of over 1,000 colleagues across 19 locations, we’re dedicated to inspiring the tech community to design better, to build better.

Which is why we champion you, the individual, to make an impact through change and innovation. Life at Informa means more freedom and fewer barriers. Our entrepreneurial spirit runs deep, encouraging our team to stick their hands up to spark innovation or get stuck in to deliver amazing results. It’s time to feel the impact of your work and enjoy making a difference. Are you ready to start your future, today?

Industry Dive is a leading business journalism company. Nearly 13 million decision-makers across 20+ competitive industries rely on its exclusive insight and analysis delivered through 26 publications. Industry Dive was founded in 2012 to provide business leaders with the information they need to move industries forward. Our team of reporters, editors, designers, and marketers delivers insights and programs that spark innovation, fuel growth and shape agendas in every industry we cover.

Job Description

Supply Chain Dive is looking for an editor interested in joining a dynamic team responsible for covering news and trends affecting end-to-end supply chain management.

As part of your regular duties as an editor, you will regularly edit and report stories of how retailers and manufacturers adapt to evolving supply chain issues and forge resilient organizations. While doing so, you will work closely with a team to build engaging coverage on a range of supply chain topics, including supplier relations, demand planning and logistics management. In addition, you will have the opportunity to elevate all types of stories, whether it’s a breaking news story on the Red Sea crisis or a deep dive on last mile delivery trends.

An Editor at Industry Dive is someone who has proven to be more than just an adept copy editor; they have an ability to improve the quality, structure and flow of other writers’ work. They have a proven track record of being organized and able to manage planning and execution of time-sensitive publication tasks. They also incorporate beat knowledge built over time into their editing and coverage decisions, in ways that improve the publication and writers’ work.

The opportunity on Supply Chain Dive is perfect for those who seek to be part of a team tasked with covering the complexities of supply chain management, while owning their assigned beat.

The Supply Chain Dive Editor reports directly to the managing editor.

We’d love it if you:

• Have experience covering an aspect of the supply chain
• Excel at project management and collaborative projects
• Know how to build relationships with important sources and report on complex subjects
• Are interested in working on innovative storytelling formats or data visualization projects
• Can deftly write and edit various types of story formats, including but not limited to breaking news, short-form briefs and long-form trend stories
• Have worked with freelancers, editing their work and providing feedback
• Demonstrate an understanding of analytics that help steer a publication
• You are have experience with one or several of the following: AP style, HTML, Google Analytics, Sailthru, JIRA, Worksuite, Spreadsheets, SEO principles
• Have experience mining earnings reports, government documents and other public filings to find news
• Have experience on a daily news publication, or with daily newsletter management

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in journalism, or in a related field
• Track record of editing, writing and reporting business news
• Demonstrated ability to improve writers’ work
• Clear understanding of copy editing and style
• Proven time management skills, particularly on deadline
• A team player who takes joy in brainstorming how to approach stories, as well as workshopping newsletter subject lines, headlines, sentence structure and strategy with others
• An aptitude for analyzing trends, data and issues for business leaders

Additional Information

The salary range for the role is $70,000.00 – $85,000.00 USD depending on experience.

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritize promotions internally.

Our benefits include:

• Learning and development plan to assist with your career development 
• Unlimited PTO, 10 national holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday! 
• Competitive Benefits with 401k match 
• Paid parental leave 
• Work with a high quality of specialist products and service 
• Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration 
• ESPP – become a shareholder 

We know that sometimes the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don’t fit all the requirements. If you’re excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law. 

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