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Media24 is South Africa’s leading media company with interests in digital media and services, newspapers, magazines, ecommerce, book publishing, print and distribution. It is part of Naspers, a multinational group of media and ecommerce platforms.

 

 

 

 

Job Title: Lifestyle Editor
Location: Cape Town
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Media
Reference: 63086

 

Vacancy Details

Reporting to the Editor-in-Chief, the Lifestyle Editor is accountable for overseeing all editing, writing, and publishing on News24’s lifestyle section. S/He will manage the lifestyle team, including section editors from a variety of lifestyle topics. Creating and executing special lifestyle projects and events to maintain News24 Life as a premium lifestyle news destination is critical.

Key responsibilities:  

(The primary tasks, functions and deliverables of the role)

• Maintain the strong editorial voice and tone of News24 Life, which reflects the aspirations and interests of the target audience;
• Manage, plan, and build on the News24 Life content strategy and vision as a premium and trusted news destination;
• Ensure all lifestyle content (including Arts & Entertainment, Books, Relationships, Wellness, Travel, Food, Wine, and Motoring) drive traffic to the site and contribute to News24’s subscription model;
• Align editorial goals with company strategic direction;
• Have a sound ethical approach to content creation and publication;
• Leverage technology and multimedia capabilities to create, manage, and publish high-quality video content and podcasts;
• Create and implement a daily, weekly and monthly editorial calendar to increase traffic to the site and drive subscriptions;
• Source and create features, ensuring all copy is delivered within stipulated deadlines and to standard, rejecting copy that is not on brief or standard;
• Manage, coordinate and drive daily uploading of relevant, fresh, accurate, premium lifestyle content, ensuring that content is loaded correctly with the correct meta tagging and meta descriptions;
• In conjunction with the publisher, drive initiatives, special projects, events, and other opportunities to grow the News24 Life brand;
• Manage employee performance and daily duties, including setting expectations, providing clear feedback and coaching for improvement;
• Manage all administration related to freelance contracts and invoicing;
• Ensure that the site is meeting its targets in terms of unique users, page impressions, revenue and subscription targets;
• Analyse site traffic and constantly look to improve and grow traffic through modifying editorial coverage, improving packaging etc;
• Provide monthly reports and analysis on News24 Life’s performance using various data sources;
• Oversee and grow social networking and other content distribution channels;
• Create, manage, and deliver regular newsletters and mailers on various topics;
• Manage relationships with the industry, partners and sister publications;
• Stay abreast of current industry standards and techniques, changing internet technology, journalism trends and the competition, to ensure effective content that achieves the publication’s goals;
• In conjunction with the publisher, drive innovative growth opportunities and constantly seek opportunities to build and extend the brand’s online presence.
• Must have an established network of contacts in the South African arts and entertainment industry to ensure knowledge of news, launches and events

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in journalism, languages or media studies

Experience:

• 5-7 years editorial experience and in online editing
• Prior experience working with Google Analytics and other data tools
• Proven experience in leading a team
• Knowledge of or experience with a variety of lifestyle topics
• Proven experience in breaking stories and generating exclusives

Skills and competencies:

• Interest in news and other trending topics;
• Be able to switch between fast news and in-depth features;
• Be pressure resilient;
• Be result orientated;
• Creativity and innovative thinking
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Experience in video and audio;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Excellent journalistic skills;
• Problem-solving ability is important;
• Have great planning, organising, and administration skills;
• Understand data analysis for reports;
• Have sound judgment and ethics.

 

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Application Deadline: July 06 2023

Given the employment equity policy of Media24, preference will be given to suitable
candidates from the designated groups.