Job Description

Introduction

Washington\xe2\x80\x99s CQ Roll Call brings up-to-date news, analysis and insights to senior decision-makers on Capitol Hill. This trusted source of unbiased, impartial information provides authoritative, nonpartisan and accurate congressional news and legislative tracking tools to its subscribers. Through more than 40 print and online products, CQ Roll Call keeps readers updated on a weekly, daily and real-time basis covering every legislative action in Congress with breaking news, bill tracking, and member profiles and offers insight on the people and institutions that influence public policy and legislation.

CQ Roll Call\xe2\x80\x99s parent, The Economist Group, is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. The brands are bound together by their objective opinion, original insight and advocacy of economic, political and democratic freedom around the world.

Are you a congressional nerd, policy wonk or political junkie? Do you know how to manage large amounts of data efficiently and seek to find correlations, patterns and meaning among the information?

If so, you should know that CQ Roll Call seeks a deputy data product manager to work with other team members to ensure the comprehensiveness and accuracy of CQ Roll Call content. This role will focus on House and Senate legislative procedure.

Accountabilities

In the role you would be expected to:

• Provide ownership of a congressional database, commanding not only the system\xe2\x80\x99s infrastructure but the content and its presentation
• Demonstrate a mastery of operational tools, procedures and troubleshooting
• Quickly and accurately collect, process, code and publish legislative data, documents, amendments and bill information
• Train researchers on the processing, coding and publishing of the data, as well as serving as a leader among new, less-experienced hires
• Politely respond to and act upon client questions or requests for information, documents, transcripts or other data in a timely manner
• Proactively communicate with account managers on newsworthy materials
• Work with editors to contribute to the larger newsroom\'s news gathering efforts via planning stories and working on long-term projects
• Cultivate relationships with congressional sources and government agencies for informational, journalistic and document source purposes and help colleagues do the same
• Successfully develop knowledge of CQ Roll Call legislative tracking products
• Adapt to and balance long hours and a capricious congressional schedule while juggling multiple assignments

Experience, skills and professional attributes

To succeed in the role you must have:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or equivalent in journalism, English, political or government studies, or other relevant disciplines (such as computer science)
• Ability to master the details of congressional politics and policy
• Experience working with multiple databases
• A strong attention to detail and knowledge of AP Style
• A minimum of two years\xe2\x80\x99 experience at a news, policy, politics or related organization (or having worked in related capacity elsewhere)
• Ability to manage a calendar relating to Congress or state legislative sessions and plan for workflow and coverage needs
• A commitment to the power of database journalism and to a non-partisan work environment

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