Digital News Editor & Live Coverage Producer

Stan.; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Nine, Australia’s leading media company, is seeking highly motivated editors for The Age to drive digital excellence in our newsroom. Working at the heart of the digital publishing desk, you will edit, polish, and present stories for our audiences with speed and accuracy.

You will produce live blogs, craft SEO-friendly headlines, and collaborate with reporters and editors to ensure our content meets high journalistic standards. Flexibility with shifts is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in sub-editing and digital production for online publishing.
• Exceptional command of the English language, grammar and syntax.
• Flawless news judgment and awareness of brand and audience expectations.
• Ability to work with speed and precision under deadline pressure.
• Adaptability to tackle breaking news, sport, business, lifestyle and features.

Responsibilities

• Quality control: review, rewrite and edit stories in the CMS with factual accuracy and tight deadlines.
• Audience engagement: craft engaging, SEO-optimised headlines, write-offs and captions.
• Digital enhancement: source and integrate photos, video and multimedia assets.
• Collaboration: work with reporters, topic editors, content directors and producers.
• Live coverage: produce and edit live blogs with dynamic, error-free copy.
• Data-driven strategy: use analytics to understand audience behavior and optimise story presentation.

Skills

Sub-editing

Digital production

News judgment

Deadline pressure

SEO headlines

CMS

Tools

CMS

Job description

Nine, Australia’s leading media company, is seeking highly motivated editors for The Age to drive digital excellence in our newsroom. Working at the heart of the digital publishing desk, you will edit, polish, and present stories for our audiences with speed and accuracy.

You will produce live blogs, craft SEO-friendly headlines, and collaborate with reporters and editors to ensure our content meets high journalistic standards. Flexibility with shifts is required.