Sub Editor / Executive Sub Editor, Berita Harian

SPH Media Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sub Editor at SPH Media Limited’s Berita Harian leads digital-first editing, ensuring accurate, engaging and discoverable journalism for BH’s online audience. The role blends strong news judgement, language proficiency, fact-checking and attention to detail with digital storytelling craft.

Responsibilities include editing copy for accuracy, improving headlines and story structure, optimizing presentation with links and visuals, and bridging print and digital workflows to support BH’s print

Responsibilities

• Editing copy for accuracy and clarity.
• Improving headlines and story structure for digital audiences.
• Optimizing presentation with visuals, links and multimedia elements.
• Bridge print and digital workflows while expanding BH’s online reach.

Job description

The Sub Editor plays a critical role in ensuring Berita Harian (BH) produces accurate, authoritative, engaging and highly discoverable journalism for a digital-first newsroom.

The role combines the core editorial strengths of a traditional sub-editor - strong news judgement, language proficiency, accuracy, fact-checking and attention to detail - with the skills required to optimise journalism for digital audiences. Beyond editing copy, the Sub Editor is responsible for enhancing how stories are presented, structured and discovered online. This includes improving headlines, story structure, visual and multimedia presentation, internal linking, and other elements that encourage readers to engage more deeply and spend more time with BH journalism.

While the role is designed for BH's transition towards a predominantly digital newsroom, the Sub Editor will also support BH's existing print product. This includes print sub-editing, page layout and basic editorial design duties. The role is therefore expected to bridge BH's current print-and-digital operations while developing the capabilities required for a newsroom increasingly centred on digital publishing.