Principles Training Team Media Assistant

We're looking for people who can be the leaders of the company – starting on their very first day.

Bridgewater Associates is the world’s largest hedge fund with approximately $150 billion in assets under management.  Throughout its 37-year history, Bridgewater has been recognized as a top-performing manager and an industry innovator.  Bridgewater was one of the few firms to have positive performance during the 2008 credit crisis.  In both 2010 and 2011, Bridgewater ranked as the largest and best-performing hedge fund manager in the world, and in both 2012 and 2013 Bridgewater was recognized for having earned its clients more than any other hedge fund in the history of the industry.

 In addition to generating great returns for investors, Bridgewater’s innovations have changed how investing is done in several ways.  As global macro investors, the firm has also helped to shape modern economic theory and influence global policy makers.  As a reflection of the magnitude of its beneficial impact on the investment industry, Bridgewater has received over 40 “best of” industry awards and its founder Ray Dalio has received five life time achievement awards.  As a reflection of Ray Dalio’s influence on economic thinking, in 2012 Time magazine judged Dalio to be one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

 Bridgewater’s unique results are a product of its unique culture.  The core aspects of the culture have been captured in a document entitled “Principles,” which is posted at www.bwater.com along with videos of employees describing what it’s like to work at Bridgewater.  The website also contains examples of Bridgewater research and a sampling of press articles.

Core Management Department Overview:The Core Management department is a centralized team within Bridgewater that spans across the company and is responsible for strategically driving and ensuring excellent management consistent with Bridgewater’s culture and principles.  The department is under the direct leadership of the office of the CEO. Areas of focus include the systemization of management (i.e. best practices), views into performance across the organization, training and oversight of Bridgewater’s management and culture, and providing management and transformation resources to departments in need. 

Position Summary:

The ideal Media Assistant candidate will work side-by-side with our Creative Media Producer to create an amazing training experience for our employees. The primary focus of this position is on video recording interviews, meetings, events and live training sessions and processing and editing audio and video files. The ideal candidate will have a background in audio/visual production and editing, proficiency in tools (such as Adobe, Final Cut Pro and Sony Sound Forge), a passion for interacting with audio/visual technology and the energy to creativity to put towards working with the production team. The Media Assistant will be part of a small media and production team. Therefore it is essential that the candidate is committed to teamwork and collaboration, and is willing to roll up his or her sleeves and have a positive “can do” attitude.