What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Editorial Director, POLITICO Live position at POLITICO?
POLITICO Live is looking for an editorial leader who can bring to life our ambitious expansion of live events. We are seeking nothing less than to convene the most influential voices around the biggest political and policy choices shaping the future of the world – and to expand into new live experience formats and into new geographies to better connect our audiences around the globe.
The Senior Editorial Director is knowledgeable on politics and policy and will develop the content of our live events – from newsmaker interviews to in-depth policy discussions to full-scale summits at the national and international level. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an incredible growth opportunity as we reimagine the way our events resonate inside each room, but also reach greater audiences and have bigger impact outside of the events themselves. Our ideal candidate has a deep knowledge of and interest in politics and policy, is extremely collaborative, is always looking for new and creative ways to push limits, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced news environment. This is a managerial role that oversees a team of producers that work in collaboration with our production and commercial teams.
The Senior Editorial Director reports to the Executive Producer, POLITICO LIVE, North America and the position is based out of POLITICO’s HQ in Rosslyn, VA.
What You'll Do:
- Work closely with the Executive Producer and Executive Director of POLITICO LIVE to conceptualize distinctive and compelling conversations that appeal to POLITICO’s influential audience
- Work with editors and journalists across our newsroom to prepare event concepts and coordinate editorial coverage before, during and after major events across a variety of platforms
- Work with our producers to secure the most influential and newsworthy speakers
- Work with newsroom moderators to execute lively and unforgettable conversations
- Serve as a key stakeholder in defining the strategy and vision on product, experience and commercial offerings to position POLITICO as a global events leader
- Work with our commercial teams to develop concepts with partners
- Build thoughtful rundowns for each content-focused event and ensure each show runs on time
- Oversee video production for content inside each event and content that is shared outside the space
- Work closely with newsroom teams to facilitate coverage, livestreams and social media amplification of individual events.
- Work closely with communications and news teams to ensure the news-making content gets to the widest audience
- Work closely with Executive Director to create workflows and procedures so that producers and team are kept on task and on time
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