Afternoon Editor in Melbourne, Australia

What’s the role?

Sky News Australia is looking for an experienced journalist to lead editorial coverage on SkyNews.com.au in the evenings.

The Afternoon Editor will have an in-depth understanding of Australia’s political and media landscape, and the ability to train and lead large numbers of journalists.

A major part of Sky News Australia’s editorial strength is our Prime Time evening coverage and the Afternoon Editor will need to deploy resources effectively to ensure we prioritise the content our audiences want to see. This means the Afternoon Editor will need to work collaboratively with video journalists in the Digital team and make sure we have a coordinated editorial strategy at nights.

Reporting to the Digital Editor, the Afternoon Editor will share responsibility for managing the team of Digital Reporters alongside the Deputy Editor. This will involve exceptional editorial planning, roster management and people management skills.

This position will normally start at 2pm every week day but the Afternoon Editor should expect start times and finish times to fluctuate with editorial needs each day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Possess mature and seasoned news judgement to help navigate story pitches from the staff and prioritise the most important issues

• Help manage a 7-day roster to ensure the biggest news moments are appropriately staffed

• Edit and curate the SkyNews.com.au homepage with the best performing content

• Use WordPress CMS to build stories, assign them to appropriate sections and liaise with social media teams

• Identify newsworthy opinion and interview content from our television channels and ensure this is delivered to our online audience quickly and accurately into the news cycle

• Understand what content works for which platforms and target content specifically for Digital platforms

• Work in a fast-paced team environment which involves liaising with the Digital Video teams, and on-air teams to turn around exclusive content quickly

Who are you?

• Impeccable sub-editing skills and a proven track-record of breaking news stories

• Excellent news sense and the ability to write sharp content quickly

• Ability to train staff to ensure tight deadlines are being met while maintaining the accuracy of editorial content

• Experience in a busy newsroom is ideal and management experience is preferred

• Ability to navigate complicated political discussions

• A positive attitude with enthusiasm for sharing ideas and learning new skills

• Ability to work unsupervised, to tight deadlines and under pressure

• Excellent time management and organisational skills

News Benefits

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours – Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

• Health & wellbeing – Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

• Time off – News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

• Helping you grow – Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion – focused education series) and recognition

• Financial wellbeing – Support on making the most of your money

• Perks & discounts – Exclusive offers across a range of products and services

• Giving back – Make a difference to our communities.

• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

Sky News is Australia’s leading 24-hour multi-channel and multi-platform news service provider.

Operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, its channels include Sky News Live, Sky News Weather, Sky News Extra, Sky News UK, FOX SPORTS News and Australia Channel for international audiences.

Sky News Australia also operates a national digital network reaching millions of Australians each month across digital platforms including SkyNews.com.au, YouTube, Facebook and News Corp Australia websites.

Sky News Australia’s unrivalled broadcast and digital news content features award-winning journalists, exclusive insights from the biggest names in politics, ground-breaking special investigations, and live breaking news, sport and weather.

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.

If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.

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