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CNN · 1 day ago

Senior Editor, Audience Insights & Strategy, CNN

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$91K/yr - $169K/yr

5+ years exp

CNN is a part of Warner Bros. Discovery, known for its iconic content and storytelling. They are seeking a Senior Editor, Audience Insights & Strategy to evolve their digital product and center their audience in journalism by turning data into actionable insights and shaping editorial strategies.

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Responsibilities

Analyze performance data across CNN’s digital platforms (site, app, social, video, audio) to uncover trends, insights and anomalies

Develop clear, actionable insights and prescriptive recommendations to grow CNN’s audience through editorial strategies

Present findings to internal stakeholders through written reports and visually compelling presentations

Develop scalable workflows and repeatable processes for insights generation and delivery

Pitch, assign and edit content analyses that align with CNN’s strategic priorities

Support the development of playbooks for repeatable coverage strategies

Work with newsroom staff to understand audience insights, tools and strategies

Serve as a voice of our insights in editorial conversations, advocating for user needs and behaviors

Proactively identify and support areas of opportunity for audience growth and experimentation

Measure and communicate the impact of insights-driven initiatives, editorial decisions and newsroom experiments

Collaborate with partners in audience, product, analytics and editorial to bring audience-first thinking and data-backed insights into our content, product and platform strategies

Qualification

Audience developmentContent strategyData fluencyAnalytics platformsEditorial sensibilityCross-functional collaborationBasic data manipulationCommunicationStorytelling skills

Required

5-7+ years of experience in digital media, audience development, content strategy, or audience insights roles

Proven success working within complex editorial or media organizations to embed audience insights into decision-making

Ability to synthesize complex data points into clear narratives and prescriptive recommendations

Experience collaborating across editorial, product and analytics teams

Familiarity with newsroom dynamics and editorial decision-making processes

Fluency in analytics platforms (e.g., Adobe Analytics, Chartbeat, Parse.ly, Google Analytics, Looker Studio) and comfort with basic data manipulation and formulas in Excel or Google Sheets

Experience using Google Trends to understand and research audience behavior

Editorial sensibility and strategic perspective with the ability to balance brand mission and audience behavior

Strong communication and storytelling skills, with a track record of communicating strategic insights with editorial leaders

Benefits

Health insurance coverage

An employee wellness program

Life and disability insurance

A retirement savings plan

Paid holidays and sick time

Vacation

Company

CNN

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CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news. It is a sub-organization of WarnerMedia.

Founded in 1980

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.cnn.com

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Leadership Team

Larry Chevres

VP of Software Engineering

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