Assistant Digital Editor - 12 months FTC
Assistant Digital Editor - 12 months FTC
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Job Description
OVERVIEW
CNBC Digital is looking to hire an Associate Editor on the APAC team based in Singapore under a FixedTerm Contract for 12 months. In this role you will collaborate with CNBCs digital news team during Asias business day to assign edit and write stories all while meeting tight deadlines. You should have strong planning skills some experience in mentoring junior reporters and a desire to excel at curating the front page of a website while effectively communicating across teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the Deputy Managing Editor in overseeing a diverse team of journalists
- Act as the hotseat for CNBC.com managing and updating site content with strong editorial judgment and knowledge of business and financial news
- Assign and edit stories relevant to the APAC region
- Organize workflow and maintain the editorial calendar
- Brainstorm and pitch compelling features ideas that align with CNBCs editorial strategy
- Write breaking news headlines quickly for mobile notifications ensuring both accuracy and an appropriate tone
- Write breaking news and analysis stories as needed
- Act as a copy editor for CNBC.com ensuring that all stories features video descriptions and interactive content meet the highest quality standards and are published promptly
Qualifications :
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Extensive knowledge of CNBCs content and subject material with a strong interest in financial markets economics technology and politics
- Strong understanding of global financial markets and the interplay between different economies and markets
- Proven experience in updating websites news editing or hotseating at a wire service
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and stay composed in a fastpaced news environment
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and across all departments and locations
- Excellent verbal communication skills combined with strong research and succinct writing skills
- Demonstrated selfstarter with the confidence to make quick decisions in a fastpaced news environment
- Familiarity with social media platforms especially X
- Fluency in English language
- Flexible and willing to occasionally work different shifts when required which some starts very early in the morning or on weekends
DESIRED ATTRIBUTES
- Minimum 2 years of editing experience in a fastpaced news environment or business news organization
- Familiarity with content management systems
- Experience in overseeing news coverage and making editorial decisions within a leading wire service or business news organization
The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
