Deputy Digital Director - Reuters

Thomson Reuters•Washington, DC

12d•$149,200 - $277,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Reuters is seeking an experienced, thoughtful, and highly collaborative editor to serve as Deputy Digital Director. This role will help lead daily digital coverage and shape the programming and presentation of journalism to put audiences first, deepen engagement, and reinforce the value of a Reuters subscription. The successful candidate will be a senior, hands-on editorial leader operating at the center of the daily news cycle, making real-time decisions about front-page curation, mobile alerts, headlines, visuals, and coverage coordination. This position requires exceptional news judgment, strong writing skills, calm leadership under pressure, and the ability to use audience insights to build habit, loyalty, and subscription value. The Deputy Digital Director will work closely with a counterpart in London to ensure consistent, high-quality digital decision-making across time zones, manage through influence, and act on behalf of the Digital Director when required. The position reports to the Digital Director and is based in New York or Washington, D.C.

Requirements

Significant experience as a senior editor in a fast-paced, high-stakes newsroom, including leading live coverage and setting priorities during major breaking-news events.
Exceptional news judgment and the ability to make quick, confident decisions while maintaining accuracy, fairness, and independence.
Strong writing and editing skills, with sharp instincts for headlines, mobile alerts, visuals, and story presentation across platforms.
A strong understanding of audience and subscriber value, supported by experience using analytics and audience insights in editorial decision-making.
Experience running news meetings, coaching editors, and building alignment across desks, regions, and teams without relying on formal authority.
Broad knowledge of international affairs and business news, with an understanding of what serves both general consumers and professional audiences.
A collaborative, low-ego, and hands-on approach; calm, decisive leadership under pressure; and flexibility to work nights, weekends, and major news events as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience partnering with visual journalism, graphics, video, social, or product teams to create high-impact digital coverage.
Experience coordinating editorial decision-making across regions and time zones in a large, complex newsroom.
Demonstrated success using programming, presentation, or product insights to build reader habit, loyalty, and subscription value.

Responsibilities

Lead digital news meetings, set clear priorities, and translate audience and subscriber strategy into focused daily execution.
Oversee the programming and curation of Reuters journalism across platforms, balancing breaking news, enterprise, investigations, analysis, and features to deepen engagement and reinforce subscription value.
Make calm, sharp editorial decisions during major news moments, coordinating coverage across desks, bureaus, regions, and time zones.
Elevate front-page curation, headlines, mobile alerts, visuals, and story presentation, using audience insights and performance data to improve reach, habit, and loyalty.
Partner with reporters, editors, bureau chiefs, and visual, graphics, video, social, and product teams to deliver distinctive journalism and compelling digital experiences.
Develop a team of digital editors and influence colleagues beyond their direct reporting line, building trust, alignment, and consistently strong editorial standards.
Act on behalf of the Digital Director when required and ensure all coverage upholds the Reuters Trust Principles of accuracy, fairness, and independence.