The Company

Few organizations can keep up with the fast-paced, 24/7 nature of today's media coverage; even fewer can claim to have helped shape it. Bloomberg is the leading global provider of financial data, news and analytics. Bloomberg provides real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.

Bloomberg is creating a new web-based information product that will report on, analyze and quantify the impact of government actions on business and industry. It will bring the same unparalleled level of fact-based, objective reporting and analysis to policymaking as it has provided to the financial community for the past 27 years.

The Role

Bloomberg Government is seeking a Web Producer with 3-5 years of production experience. This producer will be involved with daily online publishing and must have a strong knowledge of HTML and CSS and an ability to quickly learn new content management systems. A background in U.S. government policy or business journalism, such as for a financial newspaper or real-time news service, is important. He or she will work closely with other members of the online team as well as newsroom editors, reporters and analysts. Having a background in web development and build is helpful, as this person will work periodically with developers on future enhancements and features. This web producer will report to the online editor. Additional daily responsibilities include:

• Make editorial decisions about story selection and positioning
• Write concise headlines and two sentence story summaries
• Edit and proof read stories and conduct site-wide quality and assurance (QA) checks
• Build out stories and special features to offer a dynamic user experience
• Examine government databases to find relevant supplemental links for news stories
• Identify relevant stories from third-party websites
• Coordinate with editors, reporters and multimedia teams on story displays and scheduling
• Train others on how to use the publishing tools



Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• At least 3-5 years of journalism experience as a web producer
• Strong computer skills, including a knowledge of HTML and Web content management systems
• Excellent headline writing and editing skills
• Experience working in a real-time news environment is desirable
• Accuracy, attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to both be a self-starter and to work under deadline pressure
• An entrepreneurial and energetic approach to the job
• A good communicator, collaborator and team player
• Demonstrated knowledge of the government, economy, financial markets and industry is a plus
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule that may include early mornings, later evenings or occassionaly weekends