English Editor

Job Responsibilities:

• Manages a team of writers and is responsible for curating fresh, relevant, and informative content.
• Directs creation of new content and determines when and how to re-surface prior work during relevant news.
• Helps the team craft and refine ideas, cultivate sources, report, and write articles on a daily basis.
• Responsible for editing explainers written by members of the broader newsroom.
• Oversees social media, graphics, and a web production.
• Collaborates closely with the data journalists and the managing editor for investigations.
• Brainstorms new stories, series, concepts, themes, and formats as needed.
• Hires writers and contributes to building up high-quality writer pool.

Qualifications / Skills:

• Strong editorial background and proofreading skills
• Experience adhering to editorial and technical style guides
• Oral and written communication
• Comfortable with frequent cross-functional and senior management contact
• Able to exert indirect authority to deliver results

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Media or related field
• 5+ years demonstrated excellence in content creation or editing, including online publishing

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.