Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, and a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals, seeks an Assistant Managing Editor to help the Managing Editor with operational, editorial, and production activities of assigned product(s).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assistant Managing Editors at this classification may perform or assist the Managing Editor to perform any or all of the following:
- Plan product scope and coverage
- Make writing, reporting, and editing assignments, including coordinating coverage and assignments with staff and others
- Keep abreast of current developments, trends, and issues affecting relevant subject area
- Develop and maintain professional contacts in the government and private sectors, to be used as authors, advisors, or otherwise
- Coordinate activities of product advisory board to maximize opportunities for product improvement and promotion
- Ensure deadlines are met
- Supervise staff and provide opportunities for development and improvements of subject area knowledge, reporting, writing, research, technical and other skills
- Work with Human Resources to give staff performance evaluations and make decisions for reclassifications, promotions, terminations, and new hires
- Implement disciplinary actions
- Copyedit, report, and write material
- Participate in development of sales, marketing, and strategic efforts, including social media
- Monitor the business and financial performance of product(s)
- Help prepare and monitor budget and ensure compliance
- Respond to requests or comments from subscribers and sales rep
- Explore new product proposals and innovations
- Maintain current knowledge of developments on issues related to product scope
- Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
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Chris RoushChris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.