Aiken Standard seeks a digital editor

Aiken Standard Notice of Job Opening Position: Digital Editor

The Aiken Standard, a daily newspaper in Aiken, S.C., is seeking to add a Digital Editor to our award-winning team and help shape the future of our newsroom.

Ideal candidates have experience in a newsroom environment along with strong editing, multimedia, social media and photography skills.

The ideal candidate will champion our journalism across social media platforms; write, edit and distribute newsletter products; maintain/freshen homepage throughout day; and collaborate with newsroom to produce audio/video/podcast content for our digital products.

Aiken Standard is owned by Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group, parent company to our sister paper, The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C.

Requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in journalism or communications
• Strong skills with social media, writing, editing and AP style
• Video editing skills
• Podcast experience
• Previous experience in a newsroom environment
• Knowledge of the community of Aiken, S.C., and surrounding cities a plus

Candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and 3 writing samples to Executive Editor John Boyette at jboyette@aikenstandard.com.

Salary will be commensurate to experience.

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