Deputy Team Lead - Labor

About the role

You will manage, coach, and train some of the brightest reporters in the business and be a resource and partner when news breaks or we're pulling together captivating enterprise stories. Your goal each day will be great journalism that drives value across our consumer platforms and delights customers reading our work via channels for legal, government, and financial professionals, i.e. Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Tax, Bloomberg Government, and the Bloomberg terminal.

Responsibilities

• Be a newsroom leader.
  • Maintain the daily flow of news and ensure quality standards remain high.
  • Coordinate your team of reporters and editors, and understand what's happening in the rest of the newsroom to ensure comprehensive coverage of major developments from all relevant angles.
• Monitor the daily flow of news, and ensure quality standards remain high.
• Coordinate your team of reporters and editors, and understand what's happening in the rest of the newsroom to ensure comprehensive coverage of major developments from all relevant angles.
• Make assignments and set the team's agenda, from daily coverage to longer-term targets.
• Provide constructive feedback and help editors communicate effectively.
• Adapt to new technology and tools, and organize resources on a daily and weekly basis.
• Educate reporters and editors about newsroom goals and help them create the best possible stories on their beats.
• Set high standards and lead by personal example.

Requirements

• Exceptional curiosity and news judgment to make assignments and set the team's agenda.
• Top-notch editing skills and the ability to make a story shine, provide constructive feedback, and help editors communicate in a similar way.
• Knowledge of what our readers need and what coverage will resonate.
• Ability to adapt to new technology and tools, as well as excellent organizational skills to track reporter/editor availability, prioritize resources on a daily and weekly basis, and analyze data to help inform coverage decisions.
• Courage to make tough decisions in the moment as news breaks, learn from mistakes, and adjust as needed.
• Think big and challenge your team to do the same.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with coursework in journalism or equivalent experience.
• Five-or-more years of experience in journalism, with demonstrated success producing excellent and ambitious stories.

Skills

• Exceptional curiosity and news judgment.
• Top-notch editing skills.
• Ability to adapt to new technology and tools.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Courage to make tough decisions.
• Thinking big and challenging the team.

Benefits

Compensation Range: $105,000.00-$135,000.00 Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process. Salary determination will be determined based on factors including but not limited to relevant experience, demonstrated skills related to the requirements of the role, education, certifications, and geographic location.

Pay

$105,000.00 - $135,000.00

Schedule

N/A