The Newsletter Editor will oversee the delivery of The Australian Financial Reviews editorial newsletters ensuring their quality accuracy and timely distribution. You will work in collaboration with senior editors ensuring alignment with editorial priorities and leveraging datadriven insights. Using your experience and expertise in this area you will identify opportunities to enhance and evolve the strategy focusing on expanding the AFRs subscriber base.
In this role you will:
- Work with the premium content editor to develop and deliver the AFRs newsletter strategy.
- Supervise the delivery of daily newsletters including writing curating and editing newsletters as required.
- Proofread newsletters and make decisions on length format and tone following our style guide.
- Attend news conferences and other meetings with senior editors to plan newsletter coverage.
- Serve as the main point of contact for all AFR editorial newsletters for editorial and other teams.
- Educate newsrooms on the importance of newsletters to a subscription strategy.
- Train staff in the production and writing of newsletters.
- Work closely with other teams (data product and tech subscriptions) to monitor and communicate performance insights via regular reporting improve readerfacing features and coordinate newsletter promotion.
Qualifications :
What we would like to see:
- Demonstrated experience in editorial newsletter delivery and/or strategy.
- A strong understanding of news and current affairs for an Australian audience. Knowledge of business journalism or financial markets is preferred but not essential.
- Understanding of data/analytics and what drives newsletter engagement and subscription conversions.
- Strong editorial judgement; ability to absorb complex ideas and distil them into accessible copy for different audiences.
- Solid organisational skills; ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously manage complex processes and meet both shortterm and longterm deadlines
- Proven experience in digital article production homepage editing social media and/or subediting will be looked upon favourably.
- An understanding of legal best practices including defamation laws.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- A working understanding of audience strategy and offplatform referrers is desirable.
- Experience delivering training to other staff or aptitude for developing those skills.
Additional Information :
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Were committed to a safe respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one youll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people people with disabilities and of all ages genders nationalities backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process please advise us when you apply.
Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime