Digital Editor

Company Name: Sky News Arabia
Location: UAE

Abu Dhabi

Job Description

A robust, informative, engaging digital presence is crucial for any broadcast media; that includes the production and distribution of re purposed and original written content, as well as video, podcasts, and interactive media. It is the digital editor’s role to maintain quality and consistency across media types and web platforms, with special attention given to the quality of editorial and traffic.
The ideal person must be energetic, creative, with excellent online and social editorial experience; immersed in what it means to "live life online".
Key Responsibilities

• Passion and enthusiasm to lead the company’s editorial online and social media teams will be immediately evident, and will be infectious throughout the wider organization.
• Responsible for the development of strategies for generating meaningful editorial and content that garners a high volume of engagement and visits across owned digital assets and social media platforms.
• During the production process, whether for written copy, audio, or video, the Digital Editor supervises the Online Media Editor, Social Media Editor and their respective teams to ensure that they are meeting deadlines and are maintaining the focus of the set digital strategy and editorial assignments.
• Manage presence in online and social networking sites including Owned Assets, Facebook, Twitter, and other similar community sites, posting on relevant platforms, and seeding content into applications as needed.
• Ensure that all conversations are logged and tracked.
• Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of online and social media editorial programs in coordination with the Data Director and Content Analyst.
• Manage presence in online and social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and other similar community sites, posting on relevant platforms, and seeding content into applications as needed.
• Monitor online and social media tools, trends and applications.
  

Key Skills, Experience And Education

• An excellent journalist with strong editorial judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communications, public speaking, and presentation skills.
• Minimum 15 years of experience, with 10 in a senior level position, such as Online Editor / Social Media Editor or other similar senior role.
• Evidence of a broad range of journalistic interests including social affairs, international politics, public policy, world business and economic affairs, sciences and the arts.
• Fluent in both written and spoken Arabic and English, French will be a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, flexible, and innovative approach to digital management.
• Passion, humility, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
• Excellent management skills. Accustomed to managing talent.
• Experience of or appreciation of the benefits and difficulties of working cross-platform.
• Excellent strategic skills and the ability to consider medium to long term market trends.
• Leading through vision and values.
  

• Seniority level

  Associate

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  MarketingPublic RelationsWriting/Editing

• Industries

  Marketing and AdvertisingInformation Technology and ServicesDesign