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Who You'll Work With
You will be part of a small global publishing team that supports McKinsey’s research institutes, including the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. You will work closely with MGI partners and rotational research teams made up of McKinsey consultants. You will help them turn quantitative research findings on economic, business, demographic, and technology trends into compelling, multimedia thought leadership content, including reports, op-eds, and social media posts.
You will also collaborate with other McKinsey research institutes — Institute for Black Economic Mobility (BEM) and McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) — to develop articles and reports highlighting their insights.
Your impact within our firm
You will draft and edit long-form research reports for MGI and for the firm’s other research institutes. You also will manage each project through outlining, drafting, revising, approvals, production, and launch, while meeting tight deadlines. You will work with research teams to build storylines, sharpen messages, and turn quantitative analysis into crisp, digestible writing. You might be managing other editors as part of their and your career development.
You will be incorporating and balancing ideas and feedback from multiple contributors. You will ensure the quality and accuracy of our research while capturing the right tone and voice as well as adhering to quality, risk, and style guidelines. You will need to be a quick study, capable of absorbing new topics, synthesizing information, and capturing MGI’s voice. You will also produce shorter articles for McKinsey outlets and external publications.
You will be ensuring that charts, visuals, and presentations are clear, accurate, and engaging. You will need to have a keen visual sense and the ability to make suggestions and come up with concepts.
You will collaborate with MGI’s digital editor to create social media assets, video scripts and other multimedia content. You will also work with our external communications teams to produce press and outreach materials.
You will engage and inspire colleagues through your thought-partnership and leadership skills to advance MGI’s publishing objectives. You will be expected to clearly communicate with internal and external teams and relevant McKinsey leadership in support of a robust volume of editorial projects. You will be able to independently manage freelance/agency resources related to your own projects.
Please submit: a resume, cover letter, and three writing samples (only business- or economics-related articles, please). Your cover letter should include a succinct (~200 words or fewer) answer to the following question: What do you like about MGI content, and what areas do you think could improve and why? Please be candid and specific.
Your qualifications and skills
- Bachelor’s/university degree or equivalent required; advanced degree in economics, business, or journalism a plus
- 10+ years of experience in a business writing and editing, including digital publishing, preferably for an English-language business publication or professional-services firm
- Proficiency and fluency in verbal and written English is required, other language skills are a plus
- Exceptional editorial skills (e.g., writing, editing), judgment, and economics and business literacy, with ability to rapidly absorb complex ideas and distill them into accessible copy for global audiences
- Broad and deep understanding of current events and trends in economics, business, policy, and technology
- Data literacy and ability to understand, evaluate, and edit complex charts
- Excellent communication skills (oral, written, presentation)
- Ability to manage and coach other editors’ professional development
- Confidence in interactions with senior staff and subject-matter experts and ability to achieve consensus across such stakeholders
- Excellent organization skills and project management skills (e.g., the ability to meet short- and long-term deadlines, handle multiple projects simultaneously, steer an effort through to completion)
- Ability to work independently in a low-structure environment and to deal with ambiguity; understanding of when to proactively seek guidance, and willingness to do so
- Familiarity with audience engagement (e.g., SEO, social media)
- Mastery of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Excel) and team share tools (e.g., Box, Slack, Zoom)
- Willingness to work across global time zones and travel on occasion