Special Projects Editor

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom The Economist Group LTD Full time

Introduction:
The Economist is looking for a special projects editor to plan, manage and deliver editorial projects that make full use of our digital output, from articles and audio to interactives, video and the yet-to-be-tried. Editorial judgment and a deep understanding of digital journalism are essential, as is an ability to work effectively across multiple teams.

The mission is to manage and deliver high-quality, digital-first editorial projects that integrate, advance and amplify all elements of our journalism, from our core written articles to pictures, data interactives, audio, video, webinars and beyond.

Accountabilities:
**Areas of responsibility include**:

- Planning digital coverage of big news events and internal packages
- Project-managing big digital projects to publication and beyond
- Driving innovation in how we conceive, conduct and present our digital journalism
- Developing internal playbooks for specific news events such as elections
- Maintaining and populating a calendar of special projects
- Liaising with product, audience and other colleagues on specific projects
- Liaising with the rest of the digital team and the wider editorial team on big digital packages

**Objectives**:

- Creating a calendar of ambitious digital projects that can be delivered at a regular cadence throughout the year
- Ensuring that the activities of our various editorial teams on digital projects are properly co-ordinated and aligned, and tailored to work across multiple digital platforms
- Ensuring that editorial collaborates effectively on these projects with non-editorial teams such as product, engineering and marketing
- Ensuring that we capture the benefits and lessons of digital-first projects so that features and processes can be replicated
- Developing ideas that take advantage of, and spur, improvements to our editorial, product and technical capabilities

**Key relationships include**:

- Digital editor
- Head of audience
- Editorial department heads
- Head of content products

Experience, skills and professional attributes:
The ideal skills for this role are:

- Editorial judgment and a deep understanding of digital journalism
- An ability to work effectively across multiple teams
- Excellent project management and communications skills



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