Editor English Time Out Saudi
صاحب العمل نشط
حالة تأهب وظيفة
سيتم تحديثك بأحدث تنبيهات الوظائف عبر البريد الإلكتروني
شارك هذه الوظيفة
حالة تأهب وظيفة
سيتم تحديثك بأحدث تنبيهات الوظائف عبر البريد الإلكتروني
الوصف الوظيفي
Time Out Saudi is looking for a brilliant Englishspeaking Editor with multiplatform experience to oversee its Englishlanguage digital and print products for Time Out Riyadh and Time Out Jeddah. This role will be based in Riyadh.
The ideal candidate must have demonstrable experience overseeing a digital media platform and demonstrable experience of growing web and social audiences.
They will be ready to dive straight into managing a small team in an exciting fastpaced environment in two ambitious constantly evolving cities.
You should be excited by the idea of unearthing experiencing and showcasing the very best food lifestyle and cultural experiences Riyadh Jeddah and the surrounding area have to offer. The ideal candidate has a strong digital background with a track record of growing an engaged audience across websites and social.
They should also possess a keen eye for what makes a great story from unearthing longstandinghidden gems with fascinating littleknown histories to landing Time Out Riyadh and Time Out Jeddah major exclusives on everything from new launches to big concert announcements.
Requirements
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall production execution and management of Time Out Riyadh and Time Out Jeddah s English language media across digital print video and social products and platforms.
- Editing proofing and publishing Time Out Riyadh and Jeddah s daily digital content ensuring stories are on brand on time and contribute to daily content quotas and audience targets. Ready to get handson writing content and breaking news as required.
- Collaborating with Time Out Saudi s Arabic language Editor and team making sure brands and content are aligned.
- Research and analyse content and search trends in Time Out Riyadh and Jeddah s verticals using those insights to plan create and optimise content published to our website and social platforms.
- Meeting web traffic and print circulation goals and continuously drive the growth of Time Out Riyadh and Jeddah s audience.
- Leading the ideation and development of creative front covers across Time Out Riyadh and Jeddah s stable of monthly and seasonal print products.
- Setting content strategy and running an editorial calendar across digital print video audio and social.
- Motivate a team and work with other Editors within the Time Out GCC Group to make sure goals and projects are aligned and maintain a strong working relationship with the commercial team.
- Oversee Time Out s annual Awards processes and monthly calendar of events in your city.
- Work with Time Out GCC s Head of Content to ensure ALL content reflects overall content / editorial strategy of the Group.
- Ensure Time Out GCC s editorial standards are met all relevant copyrights have been cleared content is optimised for SEO and content meets local and legal guidelines.
- Be an ambassador for Time Out in Saudi Arabia by supporting and helping to develop revenuegenerating content strategies and establishing good relationships with PRs regularly attending events in Riyadh and Jeddah and around Saudi as required.
- Have your finger on the pulse of the local scene; use your professional contacts and socialmedia networks to be the first to identify the next big thing.
- Undertake reviews and attend events outside of office hours.
- Embrace Time Out GCC s digitalfirst philosophy. A strong background in digital publishing is absolutely essential.
Personal attributes and essential skills
- A doer.
- Superb organisational skills.
- A skilled manager and communicator.
- A demonstrable passion for and excellent knowledge of digital content creation.
- Excellent grasp and understanding of SEO best practice.
- Data driven and excited by analytics.
- Secondtonone eye for copy editing.
- Is excited by the challenge of adhoc spontaneous brand activations and projects.
- Keen creativity and a real eye for design great covers video formats visually engaging content packages.
- Able to work creatively and efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Bursting with a wealth of ideas that can be used across all Time Out platforms.
- Highest standard of accuracy and attention to detail.
- A strong industry reputation. (desired)
- Flexibility and a professional approach at all times.
- Education: Must be educated to degree level or equivalent industry qualification.
- Software: Google Analytics (essential) WordPress Photoshop Adobe InDesign (desirable).
- Languages: Fluent English essential
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