Digital Editor

Position: Digital Editor Position type: Full-time, Permanent (Existing Vacancy) Location: Remote in Windsor, Ontario Division: Postmedia Editorial

The Company:

Postmedia is a Canadian newsmedia company representing more than 110 brands across multiple print, online and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it. This exceptional content, reach and scope offers advertisers and marketers compelling solutions to effectively reach target audiences. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.

The opportunity:

The Windsor Star is seeking a digital editor to oversee operations on its website, Windsorstar.com. The ideal candidate, working with reporters in the field in Windsor and Essex County, is a nimble team member in a news cycle that begins early in the day on the region’s busiest news site. The digital editor is a wordsmith, skilled at crafting SEO headlines, and unafraid of difficult conversations and editing and getting others to pivot to meet digital needs. Driven by the demands of speed and online readership growth, the digital editor must flexibly juggle assignments, editing, and generating ideas for content to attract and keep readers returning to Windsorstar.com. The digital editor works closely with the managing editor and a mission statement that sets out the newsroom’s priorities.

Part web master, part editor, the digital editor requires outstanding organizational and leadership skills and demonstrates a deep understanding of news that matters most to Windsor and Essex County readers. The ability to use digital tools to identify news needs and maximize ways to meet them is critical to the position, as is working closely with reporters and editors.

The position is a unionized job in Windsor, working with a remote newsroom.

What you’ll do:

• Keep the website moving and populated with content to engage readers, and both suggest and help develop longer-term content to keep readers returning. The shifts run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, with some occasional weekend or night work.
• Attend meetings as required with editors to plan and discuss content and spot daily opportunities on your cycle for the newsroom to jump on in the next cycle.
• Edit stories, improve headlines and boost SEOs on deadline.
• Help ensure assignments are adjusted to meet audience needs for engaging content.
• Work with the managing editor to develop ideas for ambitious journalism projects, while helping to make sure the website is hitting or exceeding performance targets.
• Generate ideas for digital content through formats including non-traditional explainers and live coverage files that meet readers where they are.
• Fill in for the senior copy editor with slot notes when needed.
• Help, as needed, in the production of the newsroom’s regular reader newsletters.

Who you are:

• An editor experienced in daily newsroom digital journalism with fast-paced deadlines, fluent in digital and social platforms.
• A skilled journalist and communicator, with the ability to quickly adapt to changing news needs and evolving situations requiring speed and flexibility.
• Not just a team player, but a playmaker able to spot and make wins happen.
• An editor familiar with industry content standards and working understanding of key legal issues such as the laws of libel and slander.

Compensation

This is a unionized position subject to the terms and conditions of the collective agreement. The starting salary listed in this job posting is based on the Year 1 rate outlined in the collective agreement. Offers will be made based on the candidate's qualifications and experience.

Pay Rate: $1694.99

Applications: Interested applicants should apply without delay, including a detailed resume and a covering letter explaining why they are ideal for the position.

We thank in advance all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates under consideration will be contacted. Only candidates legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered. No phone calls or agencies please. Postmedia Network Inc. is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all areas of the hiring process. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please make your needs known in advance. Accommodation requests will be provided on an individual basis. Postmedia Network Inc. is committed to employment equity and an inclusive barrier-free selection process and work environment. Postmedia Network Inc. encourages applications from women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

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