Social Editor, Yahoo Finance

About this role

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, helping millions of daily users navigate markets, manage their portfolios, and make informed financial decisions. Our social media team sits at the heart of this mission, translating complex economic movements, breaking earnings report moves, and personal finance trends into highly engaging, native social content. We are a collaborative team that blends creativity and editorial rigor with fast-moving workflows to capture audiences across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube Shorts and LinkedIn.

About the Role Yahoo Finance is looking for a social media editor who will create content for Yahoo Finance across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. We are looking for an editor who is excited to adopt an AI-augmented workflow to work smarter and faster in a rapid newsroom environment.

This role follows a Thursday to Monday schedule and requires someone who is reliable and independently motivated to work productively on weekends, finding ways to engage audiences when markets are closed.

You’re the kind of person who: • Can take a complex story — an earnings move, a viral money trend, a new stock IPO, a housing story — and turn it into a clean, compelling 15–60 second video, Instagram carousel, or shareable graphic.

• Produces social content that’s native to each platform and understands what engages audiences in the first 1–3 seconds.

• Thrives in a fast-moving newsroom environment, juggling multiple assignments, shifting quickly between breaking news and evergreen ideas, and remaining deeply tuned in to what works on social media.

Responsibilities: • Pitch, produce, and post social media content, including short-form vertical videos and social graphics that tap into news, markets, and personal finance.

• Edit and adapt Yahoo Finance videos, shows, and articles into social-friendly stories.

• Create quick-turn reactionary content for breaking news and live events including company earnings, Fed decisions, jobs reports, major stock moves, business news, and live events.

• Capitalize on social trends and pop culture moments, finding ways to connect Yahoo Finance to the social conversation.

• Bring a strong creative engine and self-starter mindset, consistently generating fresh ideas, proactively pitching concepts, and moving quickly.

• Help storyboard or lightly direct on-camera talent (anchors, reporters, executives, and celebrities) for social-first content.

• Use platform and third-party analytics to understand what’s performing, what’s not, and adjust work accordingly.

• Identify and implement AI-driven efficiencies in day-to-day workflows, utilizing approved generative text platforms (such as Anthropic Claude) to assist in drafting multi-platform social copy, brainstorming hooks, and optimizing video scripts.

• Integrate AI-assisted editing tools 

Qualifications: • 2+ years experience creating social content for a journalism or media outlet.

• Deep understanding of social media platforms with experience creating engaging content on all major platforms.

• Ability to edit video end-to-end in tools like CapCut, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, etc., as well as static graphic production capabilities using tools like Adobe Photoshop or Canva.

• Strong news judgment with an ability to write clear, concise social copy and on-screen text that makes complex topics compelling, clear, and easy to understand.

• Familiarity with (or strong interest in) business, markets, and personal finance.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience using social publishing or analytics tools (e.g., Sprout, native platform analytics).

• Hands-on experience using generative AI tools or copilots to accelerate creative workflows

• An open, experimental mindset with a commitment to continuous learning in an evolving, AI-augmented newsroom environment.

Preferred Qualifications: • 3-5 years of experience creating social content for a brand with expertise in short-form vertical video.

• A proven track record of creating content that grows a brand’s social media accounts.

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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 ot

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