The Business of Business is a division of Thinknum, a venture-backed firm that provides alternative data to hedge funds, investment banks, big tech, retail, startups, Fortune 500 companies, and other businesses seeking to outsmart their competition.

The Business of Business uses this same data in our reporting. You’ll also find us cited in media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, CNN, The Hustle, and many others.

Thinknum data provides unique insights into big or emerging stories, allowing us to see around corners to predict trends and explain the hidden stories behind the most important events shaping the business world today.

The Business of Business is hiring a Social Media Editor to help expand our reach and audience. This position will be responsible for running our social media accounts, sending a daily newsletter, and writing articles that capture interesting social media threads for our audience.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

A demonstrated passion for the world of business

Did you study finance in college? Run a lemonade stand as a kid? Get a part time job without your parents telling you to? Read every startup biography and Paul Graham post you can find? We want to know what excites you about this topic and this world.

A sense of how to interact with readers online

Our stories are deep, nerdy dives on things that directly impact our daily lives. We want someone who can take our articles and find ways to hook readers into the journalism we’re producing. You will be an active voice and participant in the daily conversation we have online.

A sense of vision and possibility

We want to work with someone who has an active imagination when it comes to thinking up strategies for growth across our channels. You should be a self-starter, brimming with ideas and proactively seeking direction and guidance when you’re unsure what to do.

An all-hands mentality

We’re a startup organization. That means roles and responsibilities shift in ways large and small. Our goal is to grow, and we need people who are willing to jump on tasks that they see as opportunities for us without being asked.

Be comfortable with analytics and generating insights

We need you to keep track of your efforts and also help us understand how our stories are performing and what we can do better. This means studying our readership data, generating reports, and helping the team think about how to tell stories in a way that is valuable to our audience. In other words, you need to be a player and a coach.

Be interesting and interested

We’re casting a wide net -- we want people with diverse backgrounds and experiences because business is a global story, and we believe unique experiences and perspectives are actively good things. You don’t have to have professional journalism experience to apply. You do have to tell us why hiring you will be a competitive advantage for us and a great opportunity for you.

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• The ability to work on multiple projects of varying lengths and timeframes at the same time

• Ability to write catchy, engaging social media copy

• Reliability and efficiency

• Attention to detail

• Strong social media presence is a plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.