Digital Production Editor: Real-Time News Curation

News Corp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

News Corp’s WSJ is seeking a Digital Production Editor to join a new editorial-tech hub in New York. You will blend copy editing with strategic programming, curating content across digital platforms and driving audience engagement in real time.

You will edit, package, and publish with strong news judgment, SEO discipline, and mastery of publishing workflows. This role requires office presence in New York with some flexibility for evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in digital news editing, platform curation, or a role that required both, with demonstrable competency across copy editing and digital programming
• A track record of strong, independent news judgment under deadline pressure
• Expert-level proficiency with digital publishing tools, metadata and newsroom workflows, not just an enthusiasm for learning them
• Deep, applied knowledge of SEO best practices and audience data platforms, with the ability to act on both in real time
• Experience curating digital homepages, app feeds or equivalent native platform surfaces
• Fluency editing across media types: text, graphics, captions, push copy and social
• The ability to work independently and as a team contributor with equal effectiveness
• Composure and flexibility in a fast-moving, high-stakes editorial environment

Responsibilities

• Edit copy to the highest standards of grammar, style, accuracy and clarity, quickly, on deadline, and without a second pass
• Independently make packaging and presentation decisions across breaking news, features and enterprise journalism with strong, confident news judgment, not waiting for direction
• Write headlines optimized for SEO and digital engagement, captions, sells and push alerts that are sharp, on-brand and audience-aware
• Execute daily programming decisions across WSJ platforms, including app and desktop homepages, push notifications and email alerts, using audience data to inform curation in real time
• Apply a sophisticated knowledge of SEO principles across all relevant fields, tags and headline structures
• Craft display text for off-platform distribution across channels including Google, social and aggregators
• Apply metadata, in-house coding and all technical publishing requirements correctly and consistently without reference. This is a baseline expectation
• Troubleshoot digital publishing issues as they arise, escalating when appropriate and resolving when possible
• Liaise with the London production hub to ensure seamless publishing continuity across time zones
• Collaborate directly with reporters, coverage editors, and audience, strategy and social teams to execute audience-first publishing
• Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics in every editorial decision

Skills

News editing

Digital platform curation

SEO knowledge

Metadata usage

Audience data platforms

Homepage/app curation

Editing across media types

Independent contributor

Editorial composure

Job description

News Corp’s WSJ is seeking a Digital Production Editor to join a new editorial-tech hub in New York. You will blend copy editing with strategic programming, curating content across digital platforms and driving audience engagement in real time.

You will edit, package, and publish with strong news judgment, SEO discipline, and mastery of publishing workflows. This role requires office presence in New York with some flexibility for evenings and weekends.