Editor, Glasgow World

Do you love Glasgow, have a passion for digital news journalism and the ability to make decisions on the stories that matter in a fast-paced environment? Are you ready to help GlasgowWorld take the next step with its ever-growing audience?

In its first year, Glasgow World soared past a million page views a month and now we’re looking for an editor who wants to join a fun team in realising the sky is the limit

You will have experience of working on a large 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 lead and embrace change as our business develops. Local news is in constant flux so we want you to lead the way with innovation and imagination.

Can you inform, entertain and engage an audience that loves to be nosey? Are you ready to shape the agenda for Glasgow World 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 with Glasweigan journalists, a close-knit team of editors across the UK and picture/video specialists as well as those with audience, SEO and social media expertise to keep Glasgow World growing at rapid pace.

The role:

- To ensure Glasgow World 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 Glasgow 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
- 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 options for all roles._