Director, External Relations

Dow Jones & Co. Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News. This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day. If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you. Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line. NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas Full timeJob_Req_53196 Job Description: About the Role: We're on a mission at Dow Jones to provide the world's most trusted journalism, data and analysis to help people make decisions. As part of the company's global communications team, you'll play a key role in leading and supporting our newsrooms, working collaboratively across both our team and executive leadership to support our journalism and tell our company story. You will help to lead and contribute to a team of talented communications professionals with a focus on strategy development, execution, media relations, crisis communications, reputation management and executive profile building. This is a multi-faceted role and one designed to bring critical skills, leadership abilities and a bias toward action to our team as we work to tell great stories about the company and its businesses. A key component to this role is supporting our consumer publications-The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily-developing communications strategies that support newsroom leaderships' vision, securing high-impact media coverage around key moments and initiatives, protecting our reputation, promoting our journalism and aligning the newsroom efforts to the broader mission of Dow Jones. You will partner with our editors in chief, managing editors, heads of strategy, digital, social and audio/video, among others, to tell compelling multimedia stories, both externally and internally among our newsrooms and across Dow Jones. You Will: * Report to the SVP, Deputy Chief Communications Officer and be based in our New York City office. * Support and protect our news brands, driving proactive storytelling around some of the world's leading business publications and effectively positioning our journalists, editors and leaders as experts across the broader media landscape. * Drive external and internal communications for newsroom leaders, including getting stories placed, promoting our journalism, managing and building executive profiles, guiding change and protecting our brand reputation. * Lead and execute the global communications plan for our newsrooms, directly managing a NY-based team and working closely with communicat