Lead Blockchain Editorial & Content Strategy

VAP Group; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 223,200 - 424,080; Full time

Job summary

VAP Group in Dubai is seeking an experienced Senior Editorial Manager to lead daily and weekly editorial operations, assigning stories across news, insights, guides, and other site verticals.

You will edit for accuracy, clarity, SEO, and house style, manage WordPress publishing workflows, and mentor staff writers and freelancers while coordinating with SEO, social media, and newsletters to maximize audience engagement and uphold brand standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of editorial experience in digital media.
• 1-2 years in story-assigning or team leadership.
• Strong copyediting and headline-writing with SEO focus.
• Experience managing multiple writers and deadlines.
• Hands-on CMS and analytics familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily and weekly editorial calendar across site verticals.
• Edit and copy-edit articles for accuracy, clarity, structure, SEO and house style.
• Coordinate real-time coverage of breaking news and time-sensitive developments.
• Manage the CMS publishing workflow (WordPress), including scheduling, categorization, tagging, and metadata quality control.
• Supervise, coach, and give regular feedback to staff writers, reporters, and freelance contributors; set output targets.
• Responsible for the comprehensive management and oversight of the Global Blockchain Show's event agenda www.globalblockchainshow.com
• Ensure clear labelling and separation of press releases, sponsored posts, and editorial content per the site's Editorial Policy.
• Liaise with the Chief Editor on story approvals for sensitive, legal-risk, or high-visibility pieces.
• Track content performance (traffic, engagement, rankings) and adjust assignment priorities and headlines/structure accordingly.
• Coordinate with SEO, social media, and newsletter teams to ensure timely distribution of published content.
• Maintain the contributor/freelancer pipeline, including onboarding, style-guide training, and invoice/payment coordination.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Copyediting & proofreading

SEO best practices

WordPress CMS

Analytics tools

Tools

WordPress

Google Analytics

Search Console

Yoast SEO

Rank Math

Job description

VAP Group in Dubai is seeking an experienced Senior Editorial Manager to lead daily and weekly editorial operations, assigning stories across news, insights, guides, and other site verticals.

You will edit for accuracy, clarity, SEO, and house style, manage WordPress publishing workflows, and mentor staff writers and freelancers while coordinating with SEO, social media, and newsletters to maximize audience engagement and uphold brand standards.