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International Business Times seeks two front page editors

The International Business Times, one of the world’s fastest-growing news sites, is looking for two Front Page Editor based in New York City.

The ideal candidate will have experience at a respected publication running the homepage or a major vertical of a news website. We are looking for leaders with rock solid news judgement who are adept at delivering under pressure, making quick decisions and working in a high-visibility environment.

This position requires a news junkie with a knack for content strategy who can juggle many things at once- from rewriting headlines and choosing captivating photos to assigning stories and alerting senior editors to breaking news. Experience as a news website producer and/or journalist is a plus.

Our ideal candidates for the position are digital natives who are perfectly at ease with the pace of the internet; have demonstrated experience with SEO best practices; are social media savvy; have basic HTML and Photoshop skills; possess excellent copy editing skills and are obsessed about being accurate in all things they do.

You must also be a professional, effective manager and able to mentor young reporters.  Please include a cover letter, resume and clips with your submission.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris 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.

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