Editorial Director

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

$215K — $300K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years in financial or business journalism or senior editorial role with a reputable institution
  • Deep understanding of capital markets and private investments, covering both credit and equity
  • Proven ability to work quickly without compromising quality or accuracy
  • Flexible and adaptable under tight deadlines
  • Strong editing skills across various media formats
  • Skilled at simplifying complex financial concepts into engaging narratives
  • Collaborative mindset prioritizing franchise positioning
  • Meticulous, with high editorial standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the corporate editorial operation by crafting data-driven insights and storytelling
  • Establish and uphold editorial standards for consistent, high-quality output
  • Develop and oversee production of various content formats, including articles and infographics
  • Create and manage a modern editorial calendar aligned with market events and business goals
  • Identify timely opportunities to link Apollo’s work to current events and capitalize on them
  • Run a live editorial operation ensuring immediate and effective response to market conditions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits to support employees and their families
  • Access to programs that promote leadership in alternative investment management
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth and development.
Full Job Description
Position Overview

Apollo is building out its editorial operation to help the world better understand the evolution of markets, what the firm does, how it thinks, how it operates, and the impact it has on economies, businesses, investors and individuals. This role helps lead that effort as part of the Corporate Communications team, which oversees all communications, brand and corporate marketing activities globally.
  • Lead Apollo's corporate editorial operation, writing, editing and publishing data-driven insights, compelling storytelling and shaping original research. Must be able to explain what the firm does, how we think, the evolution of markets, and the context behind where things are headed, for the firm's internal and external digital channels and beyond
  • Establish and maintain editorial processes, guidelines, and standards that enable consistent, high-quality output
  • Draft story concepts and lead production with internal teams, external agencies across articles, infographics, explainers, audio, video and other creative formats
  • Build and steward a modern editorial operation and calendar that functions at the pace of a newsroom to ensure the right stories get told at the right moment and that editorial supports franchise positioning, "direction of travel" and business objectives. Set the production and intellectual standard for everything that carries Apollo's name
  • Manage editorial calendar aligning with market events, economic developments, and key business priorities
  • Run a live editorial operation: identify moments to connect Apollo's investments, thinking and leadership to current events, and move decisively to capitalize on them


Qualifications & Experience
  • 15+ years in financial or business journalism or in a senior editorial role at an institution with genuine intellectual authority, a major publication, research institution or financial firm with serious thought leadership operation
  • Deep fluency in capital markets, private capital and investments, with expertise spanning both credit and equity
  • Instinctive story-spotter who can move at newsroom-speed without sacrificing quality or accuracy
  • Demonstrates a flexible and adaptable work style, responding quickly and efficiently under tight deadlines
  • Fluent editor across formats (written, visual, audio)
  • Ability to distill complex financial and business concepts into clear, compelling narratives
  • Modern, creative and highly collaborative with a franchise-first mindset
  • Meticulous attention to detail; high editorial standards across every format


OUR BENEFITS

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm's benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.

Pay Range
$215,000 - $300,000

The contents of the qualifications and experience section of this job description are a guideline only. If an applicant can otherwise demonstrate their suitability for the role they will be considered.

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.

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