Politics Editor
CNBC
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Full Time Job
Politics Editor, CNBC.Com
Responsibilities
CNBC Digital seeks an editor to oversee our politics coverage both in Washington DC and globally. The Politics Editor will be responsible for conveying engaging, impactful content to an audience focused on business and money. Specifically aspects such as investing, finance, executive leadership, entrepreneurship, personal finance and wealth.
The role will report to the Managing Editor of CNBC Digital.
Responsibilities of the Politics Editor will include, but are not limited to:
-''Own'' politics coverage, steering a small-but-growing team that reacts quickly to breaking developments by taking reports live online succinctly and accurately, and to update those stories as facts become available.
-Analyze developments by spotting the angles in each that serve as compelling catalysts for coverage, and putting CNBC's own, unique stamp on stories from Washington and beyond.
-Forge the political team into a unit that employs original reporting from Digital and CNBC TV, as well as contributions from partners including NBC News.
-Establish and enforce best practices for the politics team, including story selection, headlines and abstracts, in ways that first serve the interests of readers, but also optimize the exposure those stories will receive through search engines, partners and social media.
-Tell stories in video, in text, through data-driven graphics-or a combination of all three. The Politics Editor will conscientiously package stories in compelling ways.
Communicate closely with CNBC editorial leaders in Singapore and London.
-Exhibit leadership chops and the ability to successfully navigate a large and often complicated organization. The Politics Editor will coordinate with colleagues in the larger CNBC news-gathering apparatus to align reporting and maximize depth and breadth of coverage.
Qualifications/Requirements
-Minimum 8 years of experience in journalism
-At least four years focusing on politics, working in digital journalism and multiple years in an editorial leadership capacity.
-Possess unrelenting drive to identify and deconstruct the underlying dynamics of American political power and how they affect governance, investment, businesses and voters.
-Exceptional leadership, coaching, & mentorship ability
-A collaborator who is comfortable working with journalists of all backgrounds and expertise.
-Familiarity with the operation of content management systems and the principles of search engine optimization. -An ease with social media that garners attention while staying within the bounds of the mission and interests of CNBC and NBC Universal.
-An ability to harness data-driven journalism, and to determine when it supersedes a more traditional storytelling approach, or when the two should work together.
-A willingness to recognize & advocate for the interests of team members.
-Proven ability to work with teams from product and technology to generate ideas and deliver compelling and competitive digital products.
The job will likely be based in Washington D.C., but require frequent travel to New York and CNBC offices in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Willingness to travel, work overtime, and take up tasks on weekends with short notice, or no notice should major news break.
Must be ''on call'' 24 hours a day / 7 days a week.
Knowledge
-Awareness of the key individuals and important institutions in Washington, and how those people and institutions interact. That familiarity includes, but is not be limited to, people in the cabinet and senior department/agency leaders in the executive branch; the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives from both parties, including the heads of important committees; and the justices of the Supreme Court.
-A firm grasp of how policy affects domestic issues, in particular those related to economics: taxes, trade, education, infrastructure, the environment, regulation and the interests of both U.S. businesses and U.S. voters.
-Familiarity with the legislative process and the basics of Constitutional law.
-Knowledge of important regional and state-level issues and how they affect voters' concerns
-A macro-level understanding of transnational issues and how they are shaped by the United States, other countries' governments, and international institutions. Of particular importance are the cross-border flows that define ''globalism''-of information, capital, natural resources, technology, products and people-and how those flows are constantly shifting.
-Must be able to provide a reel/portfolio of work examples - if available, include a web address when you submit your resume.
Desired Characteristics
-An innovator who wants to tell stories in a compelling way via social, mobile and desktop. Deep understanding of the nuances of packaging for the web, mobile web and social.
-A willingness to step up and lead achieve changing editorial goals, even when no ready-made blueprint for doing so yet exists.
-A nimble understanding of the changing digital media landscape in all its forms. Passionate and curious about ''what's next'' in digital and proactively pushes the organization to change in ways that will keep up with the evolving ways that people get their news.
-Someone who will behave like a site owner, have big thoughts and the courage to voice them