The San Antonio Business Journal, a thriving and growing news organization in the country’s seventh-largest city, is looking for a full-time Digital Editor. The position is the gatekeeper for all digital content, working directly with a seasoned team of reporters to curate, edit and publish content on multiple platforms. The Digital Editor also reports and writes stories daily, as well as conceptualizes and produces online galleries/slideshows using photos and data. As the newsroom staff member responsible for day-to-day management of all digital content, the Digital Editor must thrive in a breaking-news culture.
The job requires solid news judgment, strong headline-writing skills, and familiarity with SEO and site metrics. The Digital Producer must balance the highest standards for content with ambitious traffic and engagement objectives.
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS
- Ability to multitask and work in a highly collaborative, high-energy environment
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5 years’ experience in a newsroom environment
- Strong headline writing and copy-editing skills
- Ability to analyze and distill data
- Familiarity with AP Style
- SEO experience
- Video production, HTML and data management experience a plus
- San Antonio community knowledge a plus
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties and responsibilities, work schedules and/or location may change based on evolving business needs.
- Curate, edit and publish hard news and other engaging daily online content
- Report and write important digital posts
- Generate and execute digital story ideas
- Gather and upload graphics, photos and other imagery for digital features
- Track metrics, measure engagement and help staff identify and deploy tactics to meet traffic and engagement goals
- Manage social media feeds and execute on strategies to build engagement
- Work with editors, reporters and other stakeholders to plan new content and features
- Work collaboratively with peers in design and research
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Chris RoushChris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.