Newsroom Lead

The Newsroom Lead will assume full responsibility for a team, ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and efficiently, including regular sweeps to prevent pending items from falling through the cracks; assigning press releases and completing quality checks on orders. They will serve as a main point of contact for high-profile projects, prioritize workload, anticipate and identify problems, take appropriate action to resolve them, and act as a liaison to operations and sales managers. The Lead will assist newsroom personnel with complex situations, demonstrate effective leadership, evaluate performance, coordinate recruiting and training, manage team members, communicate with fellow team leads, participate in monthly operations meetings, compile reports, and maintain team-specific documents. Additionally, the role involves handling essential duties of a Newsroom Editor as needed, participating in the Content Approval Team, and providing help with testing and proofing resource documentation.