What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Producer, Weekend Edition position at Bloomberg?
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Bloomberg Media is expanding its Weekend Edition offerings and looking for an experienced Executive Producer to develop and lead a new flagship show hosted by Mishal Husain. The show will explore the intersections of global business, politics, life and culture and extend across Bloombergs podcast, digital, video and event platforms.
The Executive Producer will lead creative development and serve as the managing editor, working closely with Mishal Husain and the Weekend Edition team and providing hands-on day-to-day editorial and production guidance and direction. The successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit; a keen eye for intriguing and consequential stories and people; and the vision, flexibility and determination required to invent and build a groundbreaking new franchise.
We'll trust you to :
- Lead creative development and ongoing production for a new flagship show (or slate of shows) for Bloombergs Weekend Edition, hosted by Mishal Husain
- Help bring in high-profile, globally relevant and fascinating interview guests for wide-ranging and surprising conversations, working alongside the host and our central booking team
- Direct a production team working on episodes day-to-day : provide notes and direction on everything from guest and show ideas to fact checking, episode assembly and sound design
- Ensure that the show is truly global in perspective and editorially and strategically aligned with Bloombergs Weekend Edition, liaising with editors on print / digital elements such as edited Q and As and essays
- Work with audio, video and text components, collaborating with diverse teams within Bloomberg, including events, and ensuring social media presence
- Advise on studio and production best practices and workflows
- Communicate on upcoming programming across the newsroom and work closely on distribution plans across all media platforms
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