Position Summary:
Candidates should have a passion for innovation and technology, extensive leadership experience managing talent and production teams. This person will have extensive sourcing in the Bay Area and beyond. The News Director will assist with coverage planning, guest booking, overall news direction and potential on-air contributions. Candidates should have the ability to unite teams in different geographic locations across the globe to cover stories with one voice to best serve multiple platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Unify and harness newsroom resources across the globe to deliver well-told, balanced technology/business stories to Bloomberg
- Raise the profile of Bloomberg Technology in the Bay Area and beyond making it a must-see for news makers and Bloomberg customers worldwide
- Contribute on-air across our platforms as needed to help tell important details of breaking news in the technology space
- Manage and direct news across Bloomberg Television and Radio that bring business, innovation, and technology into focus for the Bloomberg audience
- Network across the Silicon Valley area keeping a pulse on the news events of the moment while working to attract top newsmaker interviews to Bloomberg
- Build a strong internal communication network between platforms that shares news planning strategies, production elements and guest booking statuses to magnify story telling with one balanced voice
Required Education & Experience:
- TV/Radio management skills supervising talent and production staffs
- Strong and balanced news judgment
- 10+ years of mid-major market TV/radio experience
- Bachelor”s degree