Your New Role...
CNN is looking for a seasoned journalist to join its EMEA headquarters in London and take a leading role in helping to shape the world's biggest and most important stories at the intersection of business, economics and current affairs.
The director is responsible for overseeing CNN's business coverage in the overnight hours and into the U.S. morning. The ideal candidate is comfortable leading reporters, working across coverage teams on big, globe-spanning stories and consulting with programming colleagues to make sure coverage priorities are reflected on CNN's platforms.
This role is for an ambitious and creative digital-first business journalist with outstanding news judgment, excellent communication skills and a passion for news and distinctive enterprise reporting.
Your Role Accountabilities...
Leading the business news agenda during EMEA hours and overseeing editorial in all formats and on all of CNN's platforms, with a focus on business, markets, tech, media and economy coverage, as well as an eye for emerging regional trends
Setting up the morning for CNN's US audience, advancing overnight stories and ensuring that the essential Business content greets US readers and subscribers as they wake up
Commissioning, framing, editing and writing editorial content for all of CNN's platforms, including breaking news, analysis and distinctive 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
Skills & Qualifications...
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 judgement 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 judgement 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
Hybrid Working
This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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 take seriously our responsibility to 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.
If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page (https://careers.wbd.com/global/en/accessibility) for instructions to submit your request.
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