Asia Metals & Mining News Team Leader - Singapore
Singapore
Posted Nov 16, 2021 - Requisition No. 97657
Bloomberg News is the biggest financial and business news organization in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on financial markets, from intraday coverage through in-depth features. We are known for our quality, accuracy and ability to deliver news investors can use. It's what keeps us inventing and re-inventing, all the time.
We are looking for a team leader to manage coverage of the metals and mining industry in Asia. You will oversee all areas of reporting and be responsible for a dynamic array of stories, including financial markets from gold to copper to steel, breaking news on giant mining conglomerates like BHP and Rio, decarbonizing some of the most polluting industries, and chronicling the growth of the battery metals business.
The role covers all of Asia, and you will help a team of experienced reporters in India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Australia connect the dots across regional and global markets.
We'll trust you to:
- Oversee a busy team of experienced reporters across Asia
- Conceive and drive the execution of breaking-news and longer-form stories on diverse topics spanning financial markets, big miners, climate change and emissions, government policy, technological innovation and more
- Coordinate and collaborate across the newsroom, including with the markets teams, government, economy and global business
- Be creative and flexible with new story-telling formats, with an emphasis on cross-platform innovation
- Hire and develop talent with an emphasis on diversity and champion the ambitions of a competitive group
You'll need to have:
- A minimum of 5 years of recent financial journalism experience
- Experience working in a real time news environment
- Experience managing and/or mentoring individuals
- A vision for the team, its coverage and direction
- Impeccable news judgment and strong editing skills
- Experience producing stories under deadline pressure
- Experience in cross-team collaboration
- A record of creativity and innovation
- Fluency in both written & spoken English
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, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this: https://www.bloomberg.com/careers/about
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