Playbook Executive Producer
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Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match.Success as the Playbook Executive Producer means the content has even greater impact, reaches a highly influential audience of professional politicos, yields an increase in revenue of 20%, and is viewed with envy by competitors in DC and nationally. Additionally, success means building a sustainable and scalable strategy that can be modified as necessary to fuel growth across the full suite of POLITICO’s global Playbook products.The ideal candidate has exceptional editorial judgment; a proven track record of leading high-impact journalism and journalists, while driving audience engagement across multiple platforms; a drive for growth; a shrewd mind regarding the business of journalism; and excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.What You'll Do:Develop and execute a comprehensive, multiplatform content and editorial strategy aligned with the Playbook franchise’s editorial goals; lead the potential expansion of the franchise across new platforms.Support and elevate Playbook’s editors by giving them the tools to ensure Playbook is the best-edited publication in its competitive space.Collaborate with senior management to establish and achieve revenue, audience, and engagement targets.Analyze audience data, feedback, and metrics to optimize content performance and drive audience loyalty. Collaborate with marketing, communications, and audience teams on strategies that will deepen awareness in the marketplace.Foster a culture of innovation within the Playbook team, while also building partnerships to leverage creative leaders throughout POLITICO’s newsroom.Lead collaboration and information sharing between the DC Playbook team and other POLITICO Playbook teams domestically and overseas. Also lead collaboration with other Washington-focused journalists, particularly the Congress team.Inspire, motivate and manage the DC Playbook team, including Playbook’s reporters, editors, and two podcast producers.What You'llNeed:Minimum of 10 years of experience in journalism, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role.Strong editorial judgment with a proven ability to set and drive editorial and creative direction across a large team and across multiple platforms.Strategic mindset with the ability to think creatively, adapt to change, and drive results in a fast-paced newsroom environment.Knowledge of the business of media and desire to evolve a thriving business model for journalism.Agility and creativity when faced with increased competition and changing market dynamics.Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.What Success in this Position Looks Like:Increase Playbook’s multiplatform revenues in collaboration with business colleagues by 20%Achieve double digit subscriber growth annuallySharpen the Playbook brand promise of immersing readers in the Washington political conversation of the momentFurther cement Playbook as the morning “must-read” for the Capitol Hill audience, as measured through audience research, and architect a plan for building a community around Playbook in partnership with the brand team and business teamsEstablish Playbook podcasts as must-listens for our target Washington audiencesWe are driven by our values.
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