The Company

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

The Role

You can't always divine from headlines that energy is the world's largest, most consequential industry, or that climate change poses risks to the extent and longevity of nations. Bloomberg this summer will launch a Bloomberg.com news website devoted to energy and sustainability conceived to solve that problem, by bringing a long-term perspective to the daily tick-tock of business and market news. We will ask questions central to the future of global prosperity: Which firms and nations are leading the drive out of the hydrocarbon age? What do prices tell us, in every category, about sustainability? Most important, what does the future look like today?

Still in development, the site is seeking a Deputy Sustainability Editor with at least five years experience in either energy or environmental journalism, or both, to help manage and write for the site. The right person is an entrepreneur by spirit, with a track record of creativity and rigor. He or she has covered business or political leaders with panache, critical scrutiny, and fairness. The skills required run the gamut, and they might be called on at any moment. The deputy is as comfortable drawing a sweeping general narrative about global economic and political events as he or she is dipping into the vagaries of corporate reports and SEC filings. Data visualization or web-based multimedia experience are desirable, but not required. A dispassionate, curiosity-loving, principled voice is as important subject expertise.

The job responsibilities belong on two tiers: site management; and reporting and writing. For example:

SITE MANAGEMENT:

* Monitor all planned and event-driven stories from within Bloomberg News and other company multimedia assets. Identify stories of non-obvious value and add in context that make it a sustainability story, or answer the site's central question, What does the future look like today?
* Edit breaking Bloomberg News stories and post to site when appropriate, and in conversation with Sustainability Editor.
* Maintain a "sustainability central" portal that provides visibility for the major conferences, negotiations, report releases, talks, and other events that can be expected to drive stories in following weeks and months.

REPORTING AND WRITING:

* Report and write about the behavior of energy markets and institutional investing for a non-technical audience that wants to understand them but doesn't have a lot of time. The same goes for supply chain management, energy efficiency, international trade, and the full complement issues that every day help or hurt the drive toward a sustainable global economy. The site has to inform, and hold the interest of both C-suite executives - and their college-age children.

* Identify and produce stories and profiles about trends in corporate management and governance, institutional investing, and policy that either boost or diminish confidence in long-term profitability and stability.

The position may be filled in either Washington, DC, or New York, with the expectation that frequent travel will be necessary between them.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 5+ years recent/relevant environmental and/or energy journalism experience as a reporter or editor
• Experience working in a real-time news environment is essential
• Startup digital/website experience is desirable
• Sample of relevant clips from last 5 years