24.com, based in Cape Town, requires an Associate Editor for South Africa’s leading website, News24.
News24 is Southern Africa and Africa's premier online news resource, with round-the-clock coverage to bring you local and international news as it happens, when it happens. The main news sections are South Africa, Africa, World, Sport, Sci-Tech and Entertainment. News24 also brings you the latest business news through Fin24.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
- Location: Western Cape
- Job Type: Permanent
- This job reports in to the Editor-in-Chief of News24 and entails: - Working with Editor-in-Chief in implementing strategic editorial goals in line with 24.com’s content and commercial goals
- Day-to-day management of the editorial teams and editors, including staffing, training, motivation and HR.
- Building networking relationships, both internally with News24 channels and Media24 properties, and externally (e.g.: pursuing and securing partnerships with external content providers)
- Ensure appropriate social graph integration various brands
- Managing newsletters, including enhancement and subscriber churn
- Working with commercial manager and product owners to develop additional products to be commercialised Monthly reporting to Editor-in-Chief, reflecting good understanding and use of analytic tools and appropriate competitor analysis.
- Work with acquisition manager to implement changes that improve SEO rankings across the brands –
- representing 24.com via speaker invitations and at lifestyle industry events and functions –
- Keep up-to-date with trends in digital publishing, across web, mobile, social, tablet, etc.
- Must be versatile and flexible and adaptable to change
- Must be able to perform under pressure
- Good understanding of the digital medium
- Must have a strong editorial background
- Good understanding of lifestyle editorial content
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of social networking
- Planning and organisational skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Must have a relevant tertiary qualification
- At least five years of experience in the journalism industry
- Must have good management skills
- Must have a sound understanding and knowledge of the digital medium and an understanding of how to deliver online content in the SA environment
- Must be willing to work independently and as part of a team
For queries/ submissions: recruit@24.com
Website: http://www.news24.com/
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