Deputy News Editor - Sydney, Australia - SBS

SBS

Verified Company

Sydney, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

SBS is one of the world's most unique and innovative media organisations, producing trusted, meaningful and engaging content that exists for all Australians to inspire, support and celebrate the diversity of our multicultural society.

Our purpose, for the last 40 years, has reflected and explored the evolving diversity of Australia, investing in initiatives to deepen its connections with communities, sharing their stories and giving a voice to those often unheard, with the aim of increasing understanding and respect of the differences that make up Australia.

SBS is a truly distinctive network, showcasing multicultural, multilingual and First Nations stories otherwise untold in the Australian media.

The Role

We are looking for a dedicated and skilled Deputy News Editor - Weekend, responsible for overseeing the daily output of the News Digital Team between Friday and Sunday, and conducting weekend and following week preparations on Thursdays.

Other duties will include:

Demonstrating excellent editorial ability and news judgement through a thorough knowledge of international and domestic news stories and events,
Providing guidance, support, and direction to the curation of the SBS News homepage, and overseeing the production of related articles, while using tools such as Adobe Analytics and Chartbeat in maximising content performance
Managing the daily output of Digital Editors and Digital Journalists, in concert with the News Editor from Thursday to Sunday, and act as the final monitor to uphold all ontheday content
Delivering against the news digital strategy while ensuring coverage enhances the distinctive content of SBS, corresponds to the SBS News digital strategy, the SBS Charter and adhering to SBS values of balance and accuracy
Leading daily editorial meetings and participating in other daily and weekly editorial and planning meetings as appropriate. Work alongside team leads and others to ensure forward planning of weekend and following week content.
Commissioning and assigning news stories through the day, providing guidance on angles to journalists, managing flow of content to subeditors midweek, and subedit articles over weekends.
Using data and analytics to review content performance and utilise these insights, together with audience user needs in commissioning and editorial decision making, to deliver on KPIs
Participating in digital strategy, planning, monitoring, evaluation, and other activities as required
Supervising and managing direct reports, including regular feedback sessions and performance reviews
Providing timely feedback to journalists and editors on story production and accuracy of copy,
Seeking sources beyond traditional for commissions, talent, and comment such as and including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, consistent with SBS's commitment to the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
Liaising with reporters and editors from all platforms to maximize their content opportunities for digital platforms

About you

A confident, resourceful and creative editor with a strong eye for detail and the angles that matter to our audience.
An understanding of media law, flawless writing and subbing skills.
A commitment to maintaining our editorial integrity and maximising our publishing reach.
Knowledgeable about innovations in the digital storytelling space and data analytics.
Demonstrated newsroom leadership experience.

Some of the reasons to consider working with us

The people: a genuine sense of feeling included (we truly celebrate and welcome difference) and being part of one of the most inclusive companies in Australia
The culture and the engagement of our workforce, we are proud to have an employee engagement score of 82% with low levels of employee turnover.
A brand that is not only recognisable but trusted and established, we have been broadcasting for over 40 years
We offer a range of benefits from, health care checks, salary packaging, Employee Assistance Programme, flexible work arrangements and, for our Sydneybased employees, free gym membership
We also love to promote from within We have allocated funds to do just that and help with training gaps when moving from role to role.

For other opportunities within our organisation please visit our careers website SBS Careers - Working at SBS

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