Breaking News UK & Global Watch Team Leader

Bloomberg; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Breaking News UK & Global Watch Team Leader to spearhead rapid and accurate news coverage, managing a team dedicated to major stories. The ideal candidate will possess excellent news judgment, effective communication skills, and the ability to thrive under pressure, ensuring high-quality journalism in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a real-time news environment.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Strong focus on client needs in a fast-paced news setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team covering breaking news from the UK and globally.
• Make immediate coverage decisions based on unfolding events.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with the newsroom.

Skills

News Judgment

Communication

Team Leadership

Adaptability

Social Media Knowledge

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Breaking News UK & Global Watch Team Leader

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Description & Requirements

Bloomberg News is looking for a passionate journalist to lead a team that owns the first fifteen minutes of news from the UK and abroad. The team's remit crosses UK earnings and corporate transactions, but it's also trade wars, bankruptcies, natural disasters, Elon Musk, and everything overnight from Sydney to Singapore to New York. From the front lines, alongside your team members, you will make bold split-second decisions on coverage whether it breaks on social media, regulatory wires, websites or TV.

Location

London

Business Area

News and Media

Ref #

10042992

Description & Requirements

Bloomberg News is looking for a passionate journalist to lead a team that owns the first fifteen minutes of news from the UK and abroad. The team's remit crosses UK earnings and corporate transactions, but it's also trade wars, bankruptcies, natural disasters, Elon Musk, and everything overnight from Sydney to Singapore to New York. From the front lines, alongside your team members, you will make bold split-second decisions on coverage whether it breaks on social media, regulatory wires, websites or TV.

Given the team's mandate to cover global surprise news in the European day, you'll need to have strong global news judgment. You'll need to know the biggest current news out of Asia and the Americas, and you'll need to be up to date on global geo-political conflicts. Beyond that, you'll need to know who to alert when something big breaks.

In order to be successful in this role, you'll need to be someone who understands the importance of building and maintaining positive relationships across the global newsroom. You know how to communicate clearly and effectively, while also keeping your cool in stressful moments. Leading by example, you'll draw up solid plans for scheduled events, while also thriving on competitively covering the unexpected news and identifying trends. You should be an agent for change who thinks outside the box to meet evolving client demands.

Last but not least, you embrace the challenges of managing people, and you do it thoughtfully and patiently. You get great satisfaction from helping people build their careers at Bloomberg, and you're constantly looking for opportunities for your team to learn and grow as journalists.

We'll Trust You To

• Maintain a positive team culture
• Be vocal and communicative: Breaking News TLs should not be quiet
• Accelerate the evolution of our coverage through the adoption of new technologies and formats
• Identify future leaders and foster their development
• Bring new ideas to the table
• Be flexible. The news expects us to be so!
  
  

You'll Need To Have

• Proven experience in a real-time news environment, including editing stories and sending headlines
• Fluency in English. Additional language skills are a plus
• A sharp focus on the needs of the real-time client
• Robust knowledge of social media and how news breaks on various platforms
  
  

If This Sounds Like You

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

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