The Team Leader for Insights builds and maintains strong relationships with law firms, law schools, companies, and non-profits to encourage attorneys, including those from underrepresented groups, to share their expert analysis of key legal practice issues with our readers. You will identify the hot news topics and trends in the legal profession to ensure our industry-leading Insights are timely and incisive.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Oversees all aspects of the team to produce quality Insights – timely, accurate, and thought-provoking.
- Uses news judgment to solicit Insights on the most important topics of the day, week.
- Coordinates coverage of Bloomberg Industry Group outside content.
- Identifies key strategic relationships with law firms.
- Engages law firms, partners, high powered lawyers, and other stakeholders.
- Edits Bloomberg Industry Group Insights and coordinates publication.
- Hires, develops, engages, and retains a high-performing editing team with a focus on continuous learning and development. Ensures that staff develop and improve editing skills. Takes action by managing individual and team performance.
- Maintains thorough knowledge of legal developments.
- Drives team to try new things and be open to change as we work to create a new culture across the news department. Serves as an aspirational role model for the people on the news desk.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Demonstrated ability to develop strategic relationships.
- Effective change management skills and ability to lead a nimble and change ready organization.
- Knowledge of digital news and information publishing operations.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, and ability to show those skills on tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated success in hiring, motivating, developing and engaging a strong team.
- Strong and thoughtful analytical and decision-making skills.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree with relevant coursework.
- Minimum 8+ years’ experience in a management role in a news organization or law firm. Proven record of success in developing key partnerships and editing enterprise pieces.
- Demonstrated track record of developing longstanding relationships with law firms, partners/C Suite executive, and attorneys.
Special Requirements:
- N/A
Equal Opportunity
Bloomberg Industry Group maintains a continuing policy of non-discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg Industry Group’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law (“Protected Characteristic”). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics (“Discrimination”).
What We Do
Bloomberg Industry Group empowers professionals in government, law, tax, and accounting with the news, data, and analysis they need to take decisive action and make the most of every opportunity. Bloomberg Industry Group is an affiliate of Bloomberg L.P.
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