Asia Data Visualization Team Leader - Hong Kong

Asia Data Visualization Team Leader - Hong Kong Location Hong Kong Business Area News and Media Ref # 10044825

Description & Requirements

Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on financial markets, from intraday coverage through in-depth features. We are known for our quality, accuracy and ability to deliver news investors can use. It's what keeps us inventing and re-inventing, all the time.

Bloomberg News is seeking a Team Leader in Hong Kong to manage and edit a team of graphics reporters in Asia and work closely with newsroom editors in the region across coverage areas. In addition to the graphics team in Asia, you’ll be collaborate with a team of graphics editors and reporters in London and the US. Your curiosity and enthusiasm for core Bloomberg coverage areas — finance, markets, economics, geopolitics, among others — and your eagerness to engage with reporters and editors of those areas will put you at the center of our coverage of the most important stories in the region. Collaboration with newsroom colleagues is critical to ensuring that our team’s contributions to newsroom coverage are well coordinated and timely, and that we are involved early in stories with high data and visual storytelling potential.

You’ll also identify opportunities for graphics and visual narratives that help readers understand events as they evolve, and inspire data visualization reporters to create clear and informative graphics and visual stories on a range of topics and deadlines. Relying on your sound news judgment, refined design sensibilities and technical knowledge, you’ll edit charts, maps and graphics, as well as ambitious, data-driven visual narratives. 

You’ll assign stories — and inspire reporters to generate ideas for graphics and visual narratives — that push our coverage forward, and you’ll deliver clear, actionable feedback as you edit. We value editors who lead by example and pitch in to ensure we publish on deadline. Most of all, we’ll expect you to be a supportive manager — as eager to share your own ideas as you are encouraging of others — who finds reward in elevating and refining the work of the team.

Prior editing or management experience is preferred, but not required. Candidates eager to transition to an editing and management role who can show an extensive background creating news-driven data visualizations and leading collaborative projects are encouraged to apply.

We’ll trust you to:

• Assign, shape and edit graphics and narrative data visualizations
• Collaborate with regional beat reporters and editors to develop graphics and data visualizations 
• Work with Data Visualization team members to develop and execute their own story pitches 
• Deliver feedback on how to communicate effectively through graphics
• Work efficiently under varied deadlines
• Possess interest in topics core to Bloomberg News coverage — including finance, markets, economics and government policy, among others — and an eagerness to develop subject-matter expertise in these areas
• Support graphics reporters on the team, both by listening to their ideas and helping them achieve their development goals

You’ll need to have:

• At least 5 years of professional news experience in a role that edits or produces graphics and data visualizations for publication on a variety of deadlines
• Strong communication, project management and other leadership experiences that allow you to effectively edit, lead projects and collaborate with editors across teams in the newsroom
• Experience conceptualizing and structuring visual narratives and writing copy
• Strong sense of visual design with solid understanding of layout, typography and user experience and familiarity with design software such as Adobe Creative Cloud
• Experience evaluating data sources and assessing data reporting
• Experience in front-end web development using modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript and rendering graphics in the browser
• Fluency in both spoken and written English
• Demonstrated continuous career growth within an organization

If you think you'd be a good fit to join us, submit an application and include a resume, a brief letter telling us about yourself and a portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of data journalism, design and visual storytelling. Include a link to your Github account if you have one.

Life at Bloomberg is many things, but it’s never dull. We’re a truly global business with a truly diverse workforce. We pride ourselves on being open, inclusive and collaborative, and provide a work environment that inspires our employees to be their best. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and programs to support you and your family through different life stages, from parental leave to generous retirement savings plans.
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