Editor - Derbyworld

DO you love Derby and have a passion for digital news journalism?

National World is looking for an editor for DerbyWorld who can make decisions on the stories that matter as we continue to spread our positive and engaging news agenda across the East Midlands.

You will have experience of working in a fast-paced environment on a regional or national news brand, a solid grasp of SEO, the ability to identify search and social trends and an understanding of what makes great digital content, from headlines to story formats.

You must also want to embrace change as our business develops. Local news is a dynamic marketplace and so we want you to lead the way with innovation and imagination. You must also be someone who can spot commercial opportunities and build relationships with the key people, organisations and businesses across the city.

Can you inform, entertain and engage an audience that loves to be nosey? Are you ready to shape the agenda for DerbyWorld and are you the type of person that others want to turn to for advice?

Then you could be the person we’re looking for.

You will be working from our Derby patch, with Derby journalists and a close-knit team of editors across the UK - including at our sister East Midlands title of NottinghamWorld - to grow a loyal and engaged audience for DerbyWorld.

The role:

- To ensure DerbyWorld is updated with engaging content about the stories that matter to our readers
- To lead a team of journalists and make your mark in a highly competitive market
- To ensure we achieve our audience targets while maintaining our high ethical and legal standards
- To work with teams across National World Publishing, sharing ideas and stories
- To understand and take action from audience data and analytics

Key duties and responsibilities
- Day-to-day management of a team of journalists
- Ensure the production and publishing of quality content
- Ensure round-the-clock coverage, with a focus on developing passionate and engaged audiences
- Ensure a daily diet of informative content is produced to meet the requirements of the daily content schedule
- Develop relationships with readers and organisations across Derby so that our brands are turn-to destinations for content and engagement
- Ensure audience data drives content decisions and that audience targets are met
- Continually suggest innovative content ideas that engage, interest and inform readers
- Develop your personal brand to become a trusted expert and public face
- Produce agenda-setting exclusives, opinion and commentary
- Assist in general uploading, digital content creation, optimisation and website management in line with established workflows
- Achieve pageview targets, ensure team author goals are achieved

Skills/experience
- Journalist qualification (or relevant time-served experience)
- Demonstrable experience of leading a team of journalists or being a senior reporter in a newsroom
- First-class organisational skills
- Experience of and ability to use analytics to identify digital audience and content trends and commission content accordingly
- Adaptable and flexible
- Creativity and flair
- Excellent attention to detail
- Self-motivated, highly organised and able to take instruction as well as manage own workload efficiently
- Experience writing high-quality content for digital platforms
- Experience of providing analysis and commentary on other media outlets
- Strong digital skills and excellent communicator on social media
- Awareness and understanding of how people use the internet to search for information
- Ability to work quickly and effectively under deadline pressure
- Flexible approach to shifts
- Up-to-date knowledge of media law and IPSO code

Please note this role is remote however there is a requirement that you must be residing in the UK
- National World is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment as an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. Consideration will be given to flexible working and job share options for all roles._