Associate Content Engagement Editor, Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity. A Little About Us Yahoo Finance is the world's leading business and financial news platform, trusted by millions of everyday investors and industry professionals to navigate the markets. The Content Engagement team is the digital heartbeat of our newsroom, steering real-time packaging, platform programming, and audience interaction. We blend sharp editorial instincts with performance data and emerging AI technologies to deliver essential financial clarity to our global audience, 24/7. Yahoo Finance is looking for an Associate Content Engagement Editor to help shape the daily presentation, packaging and performance of our journalism across desktop, mobile web and app surfaces. This role will own real-time programming decisions, optimize how stories show up across platforms, and craft alerts and headlines that help audiences quickly understand why a story matters to their money. Success in this role will be measured in part by the ability to grow traffic and engagement across Yahoo Finance surfaces. The right person has strong news judgment, sharp presentation instincts (visuals, headlines, etc.) and a deep interest in markets, business, investing and personal finance. You know how to identify the biggest story in the moment, frame it clearly for broad audiences, and package it in a way that drives engagement without losing accuracy or trust. This position requires a consistent weekend schedule. Possible shifts (all times ET): Shift 1: 7:00a–3:30p, Thu/Fri off (30-minute break) Shift 2: 12:00p–8:30p, Mon/Tue off (30-minute break) What You’ll Do Program Yahoo Finance desktop, mobile web, and app experiences with a focus on breaking news, markets coverage, analysis, personal finance, and major tentpole moments. Optimize story placement, headlines, thumbnails, framing, and recirculation to improve engagement and keep Yahoo Finance feeling essential throughout the day. This includes pairing stories with strong visuals and iterating on image selection as stories develop and audience signals come in. Collaborate with approved AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc) to draft, iterate, and optimize high-impact alternative SEO headlines and mobile alerts, Write, edit, and send mobile alerts that are timely, accurate, and useful, translating complex financial news into clear, urgent language for broad audiences. Use analytics and internal AI-driven audience recommendation systems to inform programming decisions across story placement, headline framing, recirculation, and alert strategy as news shifts, sharing and applying insights with colleagues throughout the day. Partner closely with editors, reporters, video, social, product, and analytics teams to align programming decisions with the biggest editorial priorities and audience opportunities. Contribute to a fast, test-and-learn culture where strong editorial judgment is paired with performance data, automation, and continuous experimentation. Work closely with the video teams to identify compelling content and storylines and help surface, package, and distribute them across Yahoo Finance platforms. Qualifications: 2–3 years of experience working as an editor at a media organization, with experience in digital media, newsroom programming, audience development, or homepage editing. Strong editorial judgment and experience making real-time framing decisions in a high-velocity news environment. Professional experience with headline writing, content curation, copy editing, SEO, and Google Trends. A commitment to following finance news closely and understanding how major stories affect everyday users as well as active investors. A sharp instinct for packaging journalism in ways that drive clicks, engagement, and loyalty without sacrificing clarity or trust. Demonstrated experience utilizing generative AI applications (e.g., Google Gemini, ChatGPT) for structured prompt engineering, copy refinement, and creative brainstorming. Strong competency in human-in-the-loop editorial governance, showcasing the critical thinking required to validate, fact-check, and refine AI-generated text outputs to ensure they align with brand style and voice guidelines. An AI-forward mindset with an active interest in identifying repetitive, manual workflow tasks and designing automated or AI-assisted alternatives to increase editorial speed. Strong collaboration skills and a calm, solutions-oriented approach during big news moments. Experience working closely with SEO teams to improve search performance; familiarity with Editorial SEO and tools like Google Trends is a plus. Preferred Qualifications: Background in financial journalism, personal finance, investing, or business news. Comprehensive understanding of editorial best practices and style guides. Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent professional experience #LI-KS2 The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies ; exercising sound judgment ; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others ; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations ; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity. At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter! Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( ) or call +1.866.772.3182 . Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome. The compensation for this position ranges from $56,250.00 - $117,500.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more. Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.