Driving Lasting Impact
You thrive in a high-performance culture where you pick yourself up when you stumble and try another way forward. In return, we provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to become a stronger leader faster.
Your Colleagues Invest Deeply in Your Development
We invest in your development as much as we do in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that accelerates your growth.
A Voice That Matters
We value your ideas and contributions from day one. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. Our diverse perspectives drive us toward the best possible outcomes.
Global Community
Our firm's diversity fuels creativity, helping us come up with the best solutions for our clients. With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
World-Class Benefits
On top of a competitive salary, we provide a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
Your Impact
You will join a group of publishing professionals within the Global Publishing team, which supports authors to develop powerful editorial products that make an impact on our many audiences.
As a senior editor, you will engage and inspire colleagues through thought partnership and leadership skills to advance the firm's publishing objectives.
You will manage editorial publications and programs, coordinating with relevant McKinsey publishing groups and stakeholders, to ensure projects are completed, approved, produced, and published to meet tight deadline requirements.
Publishing Expertise
You will become fluent in McKinsey's production-related processes and resources, with strong editing, fact-checking, and content management support to build publishing efforts.
You will act as a thought partner and service provider, working with McKinsey authors to create publishing strategies that advance cell and firm objectives.
You will develop persuasive storylines and write compelling drafts covering business topics, with a focus on strategy and corporate finance.
In collaboration with authors and other stakeholders, you will shape content copy into a range of editorial products such as articles, white papers, reports, blog posts, podcasts, and videos.
You will review and edit content that rigorously follows conventions of written English and ensure consistency of voice/ tone/style and alignment with firm style and risk/reputation guidelines.
You will clearly communicate with internal and external teams and relevant McKinsey leadership in support of an increasing volume of editorial projects.
Editorial Leadership
You will lead projects/workstreams independently or with a designated team, staying up-to-date on business news and trends, as well as the firm's research.
You may be asked to support entry-level and junior editors as part of their and your career development.
Please submit a resume, cover letter, and no more than three writing samples (only business-related articles, please).
Your qualifications and skills include:
* Bachelor's/University degree; advanced degree in journalism a plus
* 10+ years of experience in business writing and editing, including digital publishing, preferably for an English-language business publication or professional-services firm
* Deep understanding of global business trends; detailed knowledge of and interest in strategy and corporate finance
* Data literacy and familiarity with audience engagement (e.g., SEO, social media)
* Strong mastery of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint) and team share tools (e.g., SharePoint, Slack, Zoom)
* Proficiency and fluency in verbal and written English is required; other language skills are a plus
* Excellent editorial skills (e.g., writing, editing), judgment, and business literacy, with ability to rapidly absorb complex ideas and distill them into accessible copy for global audiences
* Confidence in interactions with senior staff and subject-matter experts; strong ability to achieve consensus across multiple stakeholders
* Strong problem-solving skills and ability to challenge content based on industry knowledge
* Exceptional project management and organizational skills; ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, manage complex processes, and meet short- and long-term deadlines
* 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