Bloomberg seeks a North Asia economy editor

Bloomberg News is the biggest financial and business news organization in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on economic trends and the fiscal and monetary policies that help shape them. With more than 100 economics reporters and 25 economists worldwide, Bloomberg Economics has an unrivaled capacity to explain where the global economy is now and where it is heading.

What is the role?

You are a seasoned journalist with previous experience in Economics, Bonds, FX or other financial markets and keen to step into an editing role to help drive our economics coverage in Japan, South Korea and across Asia.

You are a talented, resourceful and efficient editor eager to shape coverage in north Asia. You’re a creative thinker, a skilled wordsmith and an ambitious journalist who can help reporters deliver the highest level of journalism. In this position, you’ll work on a range of stories, from breaking news to enterprise. You’ll plan, write, edit, broadcast and present news across print, radio and TV.

When news breaks, you’ll spring into action, able to write our first take on a big story, assign reporters on the fly and edit string from across the newsroom. As part of our Asia team, you will work closely with reporters from Japan to Pakistan, who cover everything from monetary policy and economic indicators to demographic trends and how technology is reshaping the way we live and work.

We’ll trust you to:

•  Help prioritize ideas, plan news coverage, headline economic indicators and policymakers comments, and help ensure nothing falls through the cracks
•  Decode complicated concepts and central bank jargon into digestible narrative that helps readers understand the context and significance of issues and developments
•  Collaborate with a team of reporters and editors across the globe to produce content on our many platforms, including the real-time Bloomberg News service, the web, Podcasts and Bloomberg Businessweek magazine
•  Inspire and encourage teammates to produce their best journalism, to innovate and experiment with story formats and shape ideas
•  Advocate for our readers, ensuring that stories are told in the most appropriate and creative format

You’ll need to have:

•  A minimum of 5 recent years experience in financial or economics journalism
•  Experience working in a real-time news environment
•  Fluency in both spoken and written English
•  Strong knowledge of and curiosity about economics
•  The ability to write and edit quickly and concisely under deadline pressure
•  A penchant for generating and improving story ideas

We’d also like to see:

•  Fluency in Japanese and/or Korean

To apply, go here.