Digital Editor (Senior News Editor)

Republic Tv; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Republic Bangla is seeking a dynamic Digital Editor (Senior News Editor) to lead our digital newsroom across web, mobile, and social platforms. You will shape audience-first journalism with strong editorial judgment and decisive leadership.

You will supervise the digital desk, guide strategy, edit and publish stories, and mentor a growing team while ensuring accuracy, ethics, and high newsroom productivity in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Journalism, Mass Communication, Digital Media, or related discipline.
• 8-15 years of experience in digital journalism with leadership experience.
• Proven experience managing a digital newsroom for a news organization.
• Strong understanding of SEO, Google Trends, Google Discover, web analytics, and social media publishing.
• Excellent news judgment, copy-editing, headline writing, and storytelling skills.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and team management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Digital News Desk, ensuring timely, accurate, and engaging news coverage.
• Plan and execute the daily digital editorial strategy in alignment with the channels news priorities.
• Oversee breaking news coverage across the website, mobile platforms, and social media.
• Edit, publish, and optimize news stories, live blogs, explainers, and multimedia content.
• Coordinate closely with the Input, Output, TV Editorial, Social Media, Video, Graphics, and SEO teams.
• Drive audience growth through SEO, Google Discover, social media optimization, and real-time analytics.
• Monitor digital performance metrics and implement content strategies to improve traffic and engagement.
• Ensure high standards of editorial accuracy, ethics, compliance, and fact-checking.
• Mentor and develop the digital editorial team while maintaining newsroom productivity and quality.
• Identify trending stories, exclusive opportunities, and innovative digital content formats.

Skills

Editorial leadership

SEO

Digital journalism

Audience growth

Copy-editing

Team management

News judgment

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Journalism

Tools

Google Analytics

Google Trends

SEO tools

Job description

Republic Bangla is looking for a dynamic and experienced Digital Editor (Senior News Editor) to lead our digital newsroom and drive impactful, audience-first journalism across web, mobile, and social media platforms. The ideal candidate should have strong editorial judgment, excellent leadership skills, and a deep understanding of the digital news ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Digital News Desk, ensuring timely, accurate, and engaging news coverage.
• Plan and execute the daily digital editorial strategy in alignment with the channels news priorities.
• Oversee breaking news coverage across the website, mobile platforms, and social media.
• Edit, publish, and optimize news stories, live blogs, explainers, and multimedia content.
• Coordinate closely with the Input, Output, TV Editorial, Social Media, Video, Graphics, and SEO teams.
• Drive audience growth through SEO, Google Discover, social media optimization, and real-time analytics.
• Monitor digital performance metrics and implement content strategies to improve traffic and engagement.
• Ensure high standards of editorial accuracy, ethics, compliance, and fact-checking.
• Mentor and develop the digital editorial team while maintaining newsroom productivity and quality.
• Identify trending stories, exclusive opportunities, and innovative digital content formats.

Eligibility

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Journalism, Mass Communication, Digital Media, or a related discipline.
• 8-15 years of experience in digital journalism, with significant experience in editorial leadership.
• Proven experience managing a digital newsroom for a news organization.
• Strong understanding of SEO, Google Trends, Google Discover, web analytics, social media publishing, and digital audience behaviour.
• Excellent news judgment, copy-editing, headline writing, and storytelling skills.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and team management abilities.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in a television news channel with integrated digital operations.
• Ability to lead breaking news operations in a fast-paced 24 7 newsroom.
• Strong understanding of West Bengal politics.