Digital Weekend Editor/Weekday World Editor

NBCUniversal; Brentford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and entertainment company is seeking an experienced editor for NBC News Digital to manage weekend and late weekday coverage. This role demands strong news judgment and editing skills to deliver compelling digital coverage, engaging with international news stories and collaborating with diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a reporter/editor in a newsroom.
• A highly collaborative all-rounder capable of managing multiple tasks.
• Understanding of global affairs and American audience needs.

Responsibilities

• Edit NBCNews.com during U.S. overnight hours on weekends and late shifts during weekdays.
• Collaborate with journalists and broadcast staff for coordinated breaking news coverage.
• Commission and edit compelling digital news stories with rigorous edits and engaging headlines.

Skills

Teamwork

News Judgment

Editing

Writing

Global Affairs Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBC News Digital is hiring an ambitious editor with exceptional news judgment to oversee its weekend coverage and late weekday international coverage. This role is based in London.

The position carries major responsibilities, namely being the sole news editor on for NBCNews.com during overnight U.S. hours on Saturdays and Sundays (7 a.m. to 3 p.m. BST). During the week, they’ll work a late shift (noon to 8 p.m. BST) editing and writing top world stories of the day.

The person in this role must have the ability to commission stories that appeal to an American audience, and deal with major breaking news swiftly and accurately. They should be an exceptional words editor.

In one given day, this editor may work with a staff reporter on sharpening an original reporting pitch. On another they may be the editor running live coverage of the war in Ukraine for the entire shift. On another, they may need to handle a piece of breaking news — either out of the U.S. or internationally — and decide if they should assign out the first several paragraphs or write it themselves.

This person should be comfortable driving and writing news with digital colleagues as well as correspondents in the field, producers, bookers and other broadcast stakeholders. The successful candidate will be able to deliver clear guidance and collaborate effectively with colleagues in London, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and elsewhere, and juggle multiple tasks to help create urgent, revelatory and interesting journalism.

Key Responsibilities

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Edit NBCNews.com from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. GMT on weekends and three late shifts on weekdays.
• Work across the digital team as well as broadcast editors, producers and correspondents to coordinate coverage on breaking news. Understanding that each platform has different goals and processes, and how to work through that, is key.
• Provide rigorous and artful edits, work with journalists to find new ways of turning raw reporting into compelling digital coverage, and write accurate and engaging headlines.
• Think creatively about unique reporting and story angles that can be pursued exclusively.
• Be exceptionally well read on global affairs, especially major storylines.
• Be an excellent team player, and deal with colleagues throughout the organization with unfailing professionalism, cordiality and politeness.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience as a reporter and / or an editor in a newsroom environment, and some of that time in a digital newsroom working on news of day.
• A highly collaborative all-rounder who can deliver clear guidance and efficiently juggle multiple tasks to help create unique and impactful digital content.
• Be able to identify the most important and relevant angles of the day’s top stories, and commission and edit breaking news stories and bounces.
• Demonstrate an understanding of global affairs and stories that resonate with an American audience, and leverage NBC News’ global networks.
• Demonstrable ability to take feedback and guidance, and exchange ideas with colleagues and managers politely and professionally.

The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and the post holder may be required to carry out any other tasks as requested and within capabilities.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].