Lead News Editor

5 hours ago

Remote, Canada Screen Rant Full time

**Responsibilities**:

- Participate in both team and site leadership
- Liaise with Managing Editor regarding team progress, challenges, needs
- Attend weekly Lead Editor meetings
- Lead weekly News team meetings
- Create and implement a plan for sustained growth
- Audit the section to determine what we're doing well, and identify areas that need change or improvement
- Propose and implement effective solutions for achieving our ambitious output/sessions targets
- Content planning
- Research and identify topics and content types that will drive traffic using Google Analytics and other available data sources; find ways to greatly expand our current coverage
- Source stories and angles for the writers/editors
- Team management, development, and personnel growth support
- Liaise with HR and participate in talent acquisition efforts
- Lead editor interviews
- Oversee and manage all writers and editors on the News team
- Ensure team is maintaining output targets and quality expectations; hold team accountable for missed opportunities
- Manage the internal development of both writers and editors
- Guide new writer development and create development tracks for all team members
- Provide feedback and ensure editors and adhering to SR's publication standards, and are contributing/editing the necessary amounts
- Editing
- Assist other News editors in editing priority content when needed, adhering to SR's publication standards
- Writing
- As needed

**Requirements**:

- Relevant, experience in **senior** editing roles (managing editor, deputy editor, editor-in-chief, lead editor) of a digital publication
- Image editing
- SEO
- Analytics (GA)
- Freelance writer management
- Proven track record of growing a team, expanding coverage, and driving traffic

**Requirements**:

- Relevant experience in senior writing and editing roles (digital publications, entertainment content)
- An understanding of News content
- Broad working knowledge of Movies/TV in general, especially major franchises (DC Movies, MCU, Star Wars, Star Trek, popular streaming content)
- Quick learner with strong sense of urgency
- Excellent command of the English language
- Ability to write articles free of typos and grammatical errors

Applicants with experience in the following areas will be given favorable consideration:

- Image editing
- SEO
- Analytics (GA)
- Freelance writer management
- Proven track record of growing a team, expanding coverage, and driving traffic

We're looking forward to hearing from you

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