Job Description

Company Overview:

Dakota is a leading innovator in the investment management industry, renowned for our dynamic growth and commitment to excellence. At the heart of our success is Dakota Marketplace, an all-in-one solution that provides investment sales teams with complete and accurate data to help accelerate their fundraising efforts. Located in Philadelphia, we pride ourselves on a unique culture driven by our Core Values, which are integral to our operations and team dynamics.

Position Overview:

The Associate Managing Editor will join a rapidly growing news organization devoted to comprehensive, timely and relevant coverage of the institutional capital allocation and fundraising space. The Associate Managing Editor will assist in editing and managing Dakota’s editorial team and guiding daily production of news content relevant to fundraisers, LPs, GPs and other market players. The Associate Managing Editor will report to Dakota’s Editorial Director, working as part of an entrepreneurial, collaborative team, bringing data-driven insights to Dakota’s clients.

Major Responsibilities:

The Associate Managing Editor will be expected to

• Lead story vetting, assignment coordination, and editing for non-feature news stories produced daily by the Dakota news team.
• Assist the Editorial Director in managing a high-performing, globally distributed team of journalists focused on establishing Dakota as a leader in market intelligence and insights.
• Assist the Editorial Director in developing a growing stable of daily, weekly, and monthly newsletters.
• Establish and improve editorial processes and procedures and lead projects related to enhancing workflow tools and systems.
• Develop deep knowledge of Dakota’s customers and industry for the purposes of producing the most informed and relevant journalism.
• As needed, serve as a proxy for the Editorial Director in collaborative efforts with Dakota's Marketing, Studio, Data, and Research teams.

Skills and Experience:

The Associate Managing Editor at minimum should

• Have at least one to two years of experience editing finance- or business-related news content geared toward a professional audience.
• Be comfortable with data and data-driven reporting, preferably with some history of assisting writers in leveraging proprietary data to generate or enhance unique story angles.
• Be comfortable with meeting high productivity and turnaround expectations with consistently high-quality output.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and have comfort and familiarity with process management and structured content workflows.
• Have a collaborative and team-oriented nature, comfortable with working in a globally distributed and remote environment.

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