Sr. Section Editor, Breaking / Live News

Job Description

We are seeking a PM Senior Editor at CNN. The ideal candidate will love news, the stories behind and around the news, and thinks in creative ways about how to best deliver updates across platforms and devices. This editor is responsible for steering, assigning, and editing breaking news coverage on the Live News Team. This position offers a reporting structure that allows you to work with multiple groups and networks, from TV to digital, newsgathering to visuals and design and product.

The successful candidate will bring creativity, energy and substance to our programming and planning; have a full understanding of digital programming and storytelling; help set daily coverage priorities as well as longer-term planning; ensure successful workflows; be a data junkie, constantly refining and evolving strategy based on audience metrics; react swiftly to breaking news and help strategize the best delivery; and be able to identify engaging content and influence its production.

The Daily

This position is primarily a breaking news editing role and the ideal candidate will:
• Conceptualize, curate and craft breaking news updates and show an understanding of the nuances of packaging content for the web, mobile web, social.
• Create sharp headlines.
• Prioritize stories and set a news agenda that is clear to audiences.
• As PM editor, you will be charged with the news agenda during your hours. If something breaks during that time, you will be the one who helps determine how to respond.
• Work with editorial, design and product teams and coordinate content and distribution strategies.
• Have a passion for breaking news, political news, and be unafraid to build the future of journalism on the web.

This role requires constant communication and coordination with the programming, news & alert, digital news, newsgathering, and other teams across CNN.

The Essentials
• Bachelor's degree. 7+ years' experience in an editorial or reporter role at a traditional or digital native news organization.
• Sound editorial and social media judgment; excellent writing and visual communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment making independent decisions.
• Ability to switch gears between several different news events on a given day.
• Strong understanding of mobile, apps, and social media.
• Experience in a video-led operation is a plus.
• Strong copy-editing skills are needed for this role.
• This candidate should be a proven manager with excellent leadership and communication skills.

Preferably based in Los Angeles

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3x7j4-18-116-118-198-42 in your application.