Senior Editor - London, United Kingdom - Global Radio Services

Global Radio Services

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Senior Editor

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This role reports to the Head of SEO & Editorial Product

Overview of job:

Global is recruiting a Senior Editor role to drive digital audience growth for our award-winning news and politics podcast, The News Agents.

The role combines both strategic and hands-on leadership as you'll be responsible for the day-to-day digital output of the brand including formats such as news articles, evergreen SEO features and social media posts.

You will take an active role in defining and targeting areas of digital growth as well as demonstrating a passion for identifying and publishing the kind of stories that can hook online news junkies and news avoiders alike.

You need to be a great communicator and highly collaborative as you will be working with multiple partners, including a small digital content team, as well as liaising with teams in audio production, video and social.

This is a senior role in our content team, so you will have proven experience of working in a digital newsroom and driving audience loyalty through online initiatives.

You will be expected to contribute to planning and writing of online features.

3 best things about the job:

Working with the team behind the UK's no.1 News Podcast
Being able to harness your digital skills to execute a brilliant audience growth strategy
Work with the content team to react to the latest, breaking news stories

Measures of success -

In the first few months, you would have:

Defined and executed a digital audience growth strategy to include both SMO and SEO
Produced an editorial calendar with article ideas to guide team
Started to work with key Global partners to ensure your content strategy is supported

Responsibilities of the role:

Increase the reach and impact of the News Agents brand by delivering an effective digital content strategy that taps into topics discussed inshow and identifying additional topics ripe for coverage.
Manage the News Agents writers to generate and prioritize ideas; coordinate the launching of stories and content; and develop best practices for social, search and other platforms.

What you will need

Able to deliver a wellrounded digital growth strategy.
Excellent writer that can inspire others to write to the best of their abilities.
Passionate about working with multiple partners to deliver their content strategy.
Strong editorial experience and flair, with a passion for storytelling and a deep understanding of digital media, including broadcast, digital publishing and audio.
Demonstrable experience of running a busy newsroom or news desk
Proven experience in people management and effective communication.
Able to bring people together and lead a team.
Ability to forge relationships with internal and external partners.
The ability to juggle multiple deadlines.
Great planner and creative thinker able to operate across multiple brands and platforms.
Strong understanding of user needs.

Everyone is welcome at Global
Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces.

We know that we can't possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that's why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone.

We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.