As a senior reporter, you will have a direct hand in creating content seen by millions of readers and impacting the industry as a whole. If you know how to get pageviews and are enthusiastic about trying new things to engage readers, we want to talk to you. What youll be doing: Writing daily business news and feature assignments. Topics of interest include earnings, M&A, IPOs, general interest etc. Covering news that is integral to the investment case for a stock Pitching news items and feature story ideas. Utilizing traffic analytics to make informed decisions about news coverage and feature content. Engaging with Wall Street sources to uncover and publish exclusive and unique commentary on stocks and news items. Driving traffic to Benzinga.com. The experience you need: Minimum three years experience at a digital publication, preferably in the financial media sector. Knowledge of the stock market and the world of finance. Ability to produce long and short form content On Camera experience is helpful Expertise in cutting edge technology, media and fintech a big plus Passion for trading stocks and the markets.
Design, build and maintain core infrastructure pieces that allow Benzinga to scale to support thousands of concurrent users Experience with PHP Wordpress, Laravel required Experience with Javascript + React/Angular or similar framework required