Deputy Digital Editor

The Australian Financial Review has played a central role in informing and charting the business life of the nation since 1951. In 2024, The Financial Review remains the essential daily habit of business decision makers, investors and those who promote national prosperity. The nation’s most-trusted newspaper brand has become a national institution, widely regarded as Australia’s premium business, finance and political publication and recognised for its news-breaking, agenda-setting and authoritative journalism.

The Financial Review is part of Nine, Australia’s largest locally owned media company. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Job Description

The Australian Financial Review has an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Digital Editor to join the digital team.

You will help curate and optimise content for digital editions ensuring AFR.com is breaking news and keeping its audience engaged.

You will also be required to help the digital editor with staffing, and work with different areas of the business including product, audience and visual teams.

Day to day you will:

• Run the home page
• Plan homepage editions with section editors
• Prepare each edition
• Post on social channels
• Share SEO best practices
• Curate and send newsletters
• Write breaking news blog posts and manage the daily live blog

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have excellent news judgement and make editorial decisions quickly for AFR.com and apps.

What we would like to see:

• Excellent news judgement
• Ability to work with editors and journalists to best distribute content
• The ability to make editorial decisions quickly
• A passion for breaking news, especially in business, finance and politics
• Attend and contribute to news conferences
• A passion for digital production
• Ability to understand real-time data to maximise audiences at key traffic times

Additional Information

We're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives.

Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply

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