Editorial Director, Audio, Features & Series

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an editorial director of features and series for its global audio team. In this role you will be responsible for executing the vision of the head of audio and lead executive producers, supervising producers, producers/reporters and audio engineers in the features and series team. We are a growing audio unit that works with many areas of the WSJ newsroom to produce quality, factual, news-driven podcasts on topics that range from business, personal finance and economics to tech and science. We have a solid core listenership, which we’re looking to expand and deepen. In collaboration with the head of audio, the editorial director will create, develop and launch new weekly features and deeply reported narrative podcasts. With a deep understanding of the subscriber audience and the organization’s potential non-subscriber reach, the editorial director role sits at the intersection of editorial, product and strategy. Top candidates for this role will have excellent editorial judgment, strong production experience and team-management skills. Leadership, decisiveness and clear communication are critical for this position. We are seeking someone with strong production experience and a track record of pitching, developing and elevating original audio series.