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INTRODUCTION

Deloitte Global is the engine of the Deloitte network. Our professionals reach across disciplines and borders to develop and lead global initiatives. We deliver strategic programs and services that unite our organization.

Work you'll do

Deloitte Insights is Deloitte's global publishing imprint for business research and insights. We publish 400+ articles, reports, and multimedia projects annually with the goal of educating, informing, and inspiring Deloitte clients and prospective clients on the business issues that matter most to their strategic agendas. From leadership and workforce evolution, to AI and emerging technologies, to energy resilience and decarbonization, and beyond, Deloitte Insights (DI) publishes data-driven thought leadership for global C-suite and board-level executives across industries.

As a global senior editor and content strategist covering sustainability, energy resilience, and decarbonization for Deloitte Insights, you'll work with subject matter specialists, researchers, data science and visualization professionals, designers, video strategists, and production specialists to develop research and insights projects ranging from reports and articles to infographics and videos. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leveraging your own subject matter expertise as a sustainability editor, as well as your overall business understanding and content skills when collaborating with Deloitte business leaders, internal and external thought leaders, research professionals, and publishing and marketing colleagues to strategize, develop, and execute research and insights projects on prioritized topics for the Deloitte global member firm network
• Acting as a "journalist" covering a global beat—building and nurturing a network of Deloitte professionals working in the given topic area and finding opportunities to amplify their thinking and ideas, and serve as their trusted advisor on content planning and insights opportunities
• Ensuring the intellectual rigor and credibility of all published insights by applying a journalist's curiosity and skepticism—asking tough questions about data sources, methodology, and conclusions; maintaining precision in language around claims and statistics; and challenging assumptions before publication, working collaboratively with researchers and subject matter experts to strengthen the work
• Evaluating insights projects' novelty in the generative AI era, along with their alignment with both target audiences' informational needs and Deloitte's expertise and business priorities, to help find the sweet spot where Deloitte can offer clients insights of unique value
• Serving as a storytelling strategist, advising on optimal ways to communicate the given insights—including determining the right content type(s) for the given insights, and leveraging multimedia or multimodal storytelling and communication skills to develop copy to suit the medium (reports, articles, infographics, videos, dashboards, etc.)
• Adapting to the needs of the given project, and serving as anything from ghostwriter to editor to infographic copywriter to scriptwriter to help tell the story successfully; when editing, having the perspective and agility to know how to calibrate your effort based on the state of the copy and the realities of the project—sometimes digging deep and suggesting developmental edits and sometimes just giving copy a light polish for grammar and style
• Respectfully and diplomatically helping authors tell their own stories effectively given their messaging objectives, target audiences, and personal voices as writers, while also advising them on how to ensure their insights' novelty, accuracy, clarity, utility, and audience engagement, and adherence to editorial best practices; demonstrating an expert ability to improve someone else's work without leaving your own mark on it overtly
• Acting as a champion for business audiences, with a deep understanding of their content consumption behaviors, and advising authors accordingly
• Stewarding each project through the full content development process

THE TEAM

Global Growth creates an opportunity for you to build a new perspective and see both Deloitte and our priority clients through a global lens. While collaborating with some of our most experienced leaders and talent across the organization, your voice will influence Deloitte's strategic direction, growth, brand, and impact in the market. Your network will rapidly expand, and you will create meaningful connections and relationships globally. You will build deep institutional knowledge and gain an understanding of clients' heart-of-business issues, and Deloitte's offerings and solutions. Global Growth's diverse, inclusive, and flexible culture is an opportunity for you to become a role model for agile working.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in writing, editing, and copyediting content in American English (business journalism experience preferred)
• Bachelor's degree (preferably in English, literature, journalism, communications, or similar)
• Deep experience in and familiarity with editing energy, sustainability, and decarbonization articles and research reports
• Exceptional editing and copyediting skills, and mastery of US English grammar, conversational phrasing, and Associated Press style, and the ability to clearly and influentially explain edits to authors
• Exceptional writing and oral communication skills; proven ability to translate complex concepts into easily digestible terms
• Excellent attention to detail, laser focus on quality, and demonstrated ability to clarify a story's main message
• Journalist's instinct for fact-checking and critical thinking; ability to read research with healthy skepticism, ask probing questions about data and methodology, spot logical gaps or overstatements, and ensure precision in language around statistics and research findings
• Outside-in orientation, considering all content projects from the perspective of the target audience and their needs/interests
• Versatile editing and writing skills, from writing engaging headlines and short-form web copy to developmentally editing long-form research reports on complex topics
• Experience with creating multimedia content
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, including the confidence to interact with and influence personnel at all levels, as well as listening skills, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, decision-making, conflict resolution, and tact
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, content management systems, and workflow and collaboration tools such as Workfront, Microsoft Teams, etc.; knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple projects with quick turnaround times simultaneously
• Ability to work independently, as well as with a larger, multifunctional team

Preferred:

• Experience working for a business news publication or in a publishing house
• Experience with corporate thought leadership and global, cross-industry content
• Experience working remotely with a global team
• Experience in the energy and sustainability sector is strongly preferred.

Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.