IJNet keeps professional journalists at all levels up to date on the latest media innovations, online journalism resources, training opportunities and expert advice. IJNet is produced in eight languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
The IJNet Managing Editor position encompasses a wide range of duties: editing, writing, creating social content and tracking website analytics. The position requires someone with a global outlook to assign and edit innovative stories and multimedia content for the English language site, and engage IJNet followers across social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Responsibilities:
• Assign and edit articles from IJNet freelance contributors, ensuring fresh content is featured daily
• Research, report and write content for IJNet
• Manage and produce content for IJNet’s social media accounts on a daily basis
• Provide editorial and social media strategy guidance to IJNet’s seven other language editors
• Engage IJNet’s readers through surveys, newsletters, social media and other methods
• Produce multimedia content, including podcast episodes and social media videos
• Manage IJNet DEI practices effectively
• Generate fresh content and engagement ideas around the most pressing conversations and trends in the industry
• Follow ICFJ’s Monitor and Evaluation process, including monitoring the website’s analytics across all languages. This includes tracking social media growth across all platforms.
• Collaborate with ICFJ research and communications departments on content and promotional campaigns
• Create and manage partnerships with individual journalists, journalism organizations and others who can help strengthen the site and its reach
• Moderate webinars and represent IJNet at conferences as needed
• Hire and oversee IJNet interns, providing guidance and support for their work
• Other duties as assigned
• Writing & Editorial Excellence: Produces high-quality editorial work; edits well; follows editorial policies; meets deadlines; generates valuable story ideas
• Managerial Excellence: Displays effective leadership; collaborates effectively with IJNet team of editors, translators, interns and freelancers; shows commitment to diversity; quickly and effectively resolves disputes; provides regular feedback; responds to staff needs.
• Innovation and Creativity: Proposes innovative ideas; uses digital media in innovative ways; networks with others in the field to identify new ideas and resources; makes ICFJ processes more efficient and cutting-edge.
• Professional Knowledge: Understanding of best journalistic practices, useful reporting tools and global trends across the news industry.
• Geographic Knowledge: General knowledge of international political, economic and cultural/social environments in which journalists, newsrooms and media entrepreneurs/innovators operate
• Self-Management: Ability to manage workload and adjust to change by prioritizing and/or using new resources to accomplish program goals; ability to complete assignments in a timely manner; ability to work under an appropriate level of supervision; ability to demonstrate professional behavior
• Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze and problem-solve
• Commitment to Excellence: Ability to consistently achieve or surpass program deliverables through attention to detail, accuracy and focus on program impact
• Communications: Ability to communicate program needs effectively to ICFJ supervisors
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding and ability to use online tools including Google Drive, MailChimp, Airtable, Asana and Canva; ability to show ICFJ staff how to use new resources
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
o Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Ability to flex communication style to multiple cultural environments
o Ability to present to diverse audiences, specifically racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse communities
o Experience working on a diverse team
o Experience working with different communications styles
o Commitment to working towards a more diverse and equitable media environment
Qualifications:
- Associate or higher degree in journalism or 3-4 years online journalism experience
- Editing experience, including assigning stories and working on story ideas with writers
- Experience with social media strategies
- Experience with multimedia reporting
- Familiarity with media & tech industry
- Mastery of AP style
- Fluent in English
- Preferred candidates will have working knowledge of Drupal’s CMS and basic knowledge of HTML
- Preferred candidates will have a demonstrated interest in international news and media development
- Fluency in other IJNet languages is a plus
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