EDITOR – Entertainment
Yahoo! Overview:
Yahoo! is a true web pioneer - founded 15 years ago to help people makes sense of the internet. Today, across the globe, over 550 million people use Yahoo! every month. As the web has expanded we’ve continued to build innovative and imaginative experiences that are uniquely Yahoo! We do it each and every day and you could too. Now’s the time to show the world what you’ve got. Put your ideas to work and help half a billion people get more from the internet than they every imagined.
Department Overview:
The Audience Team focus is to ensure the delivery of brilliant daily experiences. Our leitmotif is “The right thing, on the right place, at the right time”. The team will support the need for localization and production tasks that are critical for the right product experience. The team is also responsible for defining the EDITORial voice and ensuring that it is performed in all markets.
The EDITOR for our Entertainment channels will be responsible for helping the Senior EDITOR deliver the best possible day to day experience to our users.
Responsibilities:
* Help create user experiences which encourage repeat use and adoption
* Write and edit articles and content relevant for our demographic.
* Meet targets and deliver on daily traffic performance indicators
* Deliver on the strategies and EDITORial policies in specific areas
* Help ensure content and feature freshness and relevancy
* Identify new content sources and support product management and business development on content acquisition
* Work closely with the senior EDITOR to deliver on the vision for the channels
* Deputize for the Senior EDITOR and take the responsibility the pages in the Senior EDITOR’s absence.
* Help ensure content and feature freshness and relevancy
* Identify new content sources and support business development on content acquisition
* Work closely with the Senior EDITOR and the EDITOR in Chief as well as the products, marketing and audience teams to best serve local segments
* Understand the Yahoo! audience, and its interests, and feeding these back into product plans and tactics
Requirements:
* Minimum 2 year’s experience as a journalist and EDITOR working on an entertainment focused Arabic title or web site
* Passion and understanding for entertainment related content including and not limited to the news and stories from the movie, DVD and music industries as well as celebrity and public figures stories.
* Good understanding of news, entertainment and popular culture in general
* Solid knowledge of the principles of writing for the web and editing experience in a dynamic online EDITORial environment
* University degree or equivalent required
* Thorough understanding of EDITORial best practices and priorities
* Demonstrable headline writing, image selection and content packaging skills
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Presentation skills and strong deadline management
* Great team player and relationship-builder
* Language skills: Arabic fluent (written and spoken) and good knowledge of Arabic grammar
* English highly competent and able to translate into Arabic.
This position is based in our Yahoo! offices. There is s competitive salary and benefits available for this role. Please contact us for further details.
Summary of Role:
The Entertainment EDITOR will play a valuable role on one of our fastest growing and most important platforms and channels, delivering highly engaging content to audience across the Middle East. The applicant will be expected to have a history of writing compelling and entertaining copy for this market, and understand what makes it tick. The successful candidate will be able to spot trends, as well as to provide coverage of them.
Apply here for the Entertainment Editor position. View the details of the Senior Front Page Editor jobs ad here.