Editorial Opportunities

Who are we looking for?
Progressive Business Publications seeks qualified candidates at all experience levels.
1. Entry-level: Candidates must have a minimum of one or two years of writing experience, which may have been gained in college. Many of our editors came to PBP from daily newspapers, community weeklies and both trade and consumer magazines.
2. Intermediate-level: Candidates must have several years’ experience and a track record of success in a previous writing or editing job.
3. Senior-level: In the past we’ve hired two types of senior candidates:

• Specialized journalists with a proven track record writing on a specific topic.
• Journalists with a strong background in the generalist press who feel they’re ready to make the switch to specialized publishing and eventually assume leadership positions.

What types of positions are available?
1. Assistant Editors are the best and brightest recent college graduates in liberal arts or have a year or two of experience as reporters and writers. They are only hired if we believe they have the potential to become an Editor in Chief. They typically begin writing for two publications. Our goal is to give them exposure to different fields and see what they like and what they’re good at. Eventually, they’ll specialize in one field. As a rule, it takes at least a year to learn our business. A successful Assistant Editor could become an Editor in Chief in one to three years.
2. Senior Editors always write a publication when they join our company. That’s the only way to learn the business. We hope that after a year or so, senior editors will know their field and understand the newsletter business. At that point, if they have management potential, we like to see them begin developing other writers and editing other publications in addition to writing their own.
3. Managing Editors are responsible for editing one, two or more publications. And they’re responsible for developing our Junior and Assistant Editors. Our Managing Editors always continue to write their own publication (albeit with significant help from Assistant Editors).
4. Group Publishers manage an entire group of publications. Editors and Managing Editors report to them. At present we have five groups: Sales/Marketing, Financial Management, Regulatory/Compliance, HR/Employment Law and Non-profit Management. The Group Publisher has full responsibility for the financial performance of the publication group.

What does it take to succeed?
1. Superior reporting and writing skills. Many of our best young people have come from community newspapers. Others have done trade reporting. Our senior editors have come from top newspaper, wire service, magazine and broadcast companies. These include UPI, USA Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Legal Intelligencer, sports magazines, all-news radio stations and others.
2. Willingness to gain deep knowledge of a specific field. Almost all of our writers did not have such knowledge when they came to PBP. They did, however, come with a strong desire to learn.
3. Willingness to take on the unique challenges of the newsletter industry. Again, most of our people didn’t know the newsletter business when they arrived. We stress to candidates repeatedly during the interview process that newsletters are unlike anything they’ve done before, that specialized publishing requires a new way of thinking, and that it’s very challenging.

What kind of people fit in at PBP?
1. They’re bright.
2. They have strong values.
3. They’re eager to try something new and different.
4. They’re eager to work in a high-performance, non-political environment
5. They’re committed to continuous learning.
6. They’re team players who thrive in a collegial environment.
7. They like accountability.

To apply to these Progressive Business Publications career opportunities, send your resume to: