Job Requirements
1 - 3 years of experience
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Cher Ee Ng
Last active 2 years ago
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Job description for Editor/ Deputy Editor at Delicious Consulting Pte Ltd
About us
SETHLUI.com under Delicious Consulting Group is a young, dynamic and fast-moving company; the ideal fit would be a candidate who is ambitious and keen to have genuine influence – helping to shape the growth of the business’s future through social media!
With over 1 million unique visitors and over 2 million page views each month, SETHLUI.com is the highest read online food publication in Singapore. SETHLUI.com started as a blog, but has evolved to incorporate multiple writers as a hybrid, online publication with a personal voice.
We want people who are passionate about food, nightlife and travel, and are able to express their thoughts on paper well.
Deputy Editors are responsible for overseeing the content accuracy and quality of our online publications and for ensuring that featured articles are trendy, interesting and informative. You have to be able to spot the smallest typo/mistake in the details and manage the writers under you. Deputy Editors will report to the chief editor.
You will need to enjoy going to events, managing a team and being proactive.
As an editor for SETHLUI.com you need an eye for what goes viral and also to manage writer project timelines efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
- Mentor writers and manage project deadlines effectively
- Brainstorm ideas with writers and write content articles
- Approve and commission article ideas
- Attend media tasting/ industry networking
- Rewriting, editing, proofreading and subbing copy to ensure it is ready for publishing
- Provide feedback and guidance to writers
- Ensuring that all articles comply with ethical codes of practice and legal guidelines
- Ensure team discipline to set and deliver content project deadlines as well as KPIs
- Keeping track of team’s performance, focused on article views
- Providing solutions to management for improvement of workflow
Key Requirements:
- A recognized Diploma/ Bachelor’s Degree in Literature/ Mass Communications / Journalism or equivalent
- Minimum 2-3 years professional experience in content writing/editing
- You’re a foodie – Good knowledge and exposure to local food culture and heritage
- Positive personality to offer solutions to problems
- Good photographic eye and creative thinking
- Extremely detail-oriented to spot grammar and formatting mistakes
- Perfect grammar and spelling
- Experience managing and organizing a team’s workflow
- Familiarity digital writing practices (SEO, formats, headline/ body lengths)
- Caring nature for the company and your team
- Excellent writing and editing skills in English
- Ability to meet tight deadlines in digital media space