Responsibilities
- Leading the business news agenda during EMEA hours and overseeing editorial in all formats and on all CNN platforms, with a focus on business, markets, tech, media and economy coverage, as well as emerging regional trends
- Setting up the morning for CNN’s US audience, advancing overnight stories and ensuring essential Business content greets US readers and subscribers as they wake up
- Commissioning, framing, editing and writing editorial content for all CNN platforms, including breaking news, analysis and enterprise journalism; working across formats including digital text, video and visuals
- Working closely with correspondents, editors and stakeholders across the world on multi-region and multi-platform projects
- Ensuring all journalism produced adheres to CNN standards and integrity
- Managing at least one business reporter on the EMEA newsdesk
- Working as part of a global 24/7 digital-first cross-platform team, providing a key editorial link between CNN’s APAC and US operations
- Working occasional weekends and evenings
Qualifications & Experience
- A minimum of 8 years of business news editing and/or writing experience for leading digital-first news outlets, with a proven track record in high-pressure, breaking news environments
- Superior news judgment with the ability to think in headlines and frame complex business stories for a global audience, specifically the US morning market
- Experience conceiving and producing distinctive enterprise journalism, identifying unique reporting opportunities and/or investigative works
- Enthusiasm, flexibility and a desire to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment
- Exceptional writing skills, editing skills, news judgment and an obsession with precision
- A strong desire to experiment with storytelling formats and think creatively about how we serve our multiplatform audience
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills with a demonstrable track record of executing detailed digital-first coverage plans
- Perfect grasp of written and spoken English
Working Model
Hybrid Working – This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, combining remote and in-office work, following current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.
Equal Opportunity
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.
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