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

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

Bloomberg Government is seeking part-time copy editors for research content produced by a staff of economists, financial analysts, public policy experts and industry specialists. Our mission is to explain how Washington works and quantify in clear, precise language the impact of government actions on business, largely for corporate subscribers. Candidates should be committed to accuracy and clarity, with the broadest possible range of skills: editing for substance as well as style, fact checking and proofreading. Available 15-20 hours a week.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Strong editorial skills and news judgment
• Ability to work in a fast paced, team-focused environment
• Prior proofreading and editing skills
• Background in journalism, especially business journalism, consulting research or technical editing
• Familiarity with a range of industries, including defense, energy, finance, health care, telecommunications and transportation, as well as labor policy, taxation and trade.