Mamamia is Australia's largest independent women's media company, with a decade-long reputation for being on the pulse of what women are talking about. If the Mamamia brand were a person, we'd be the one you can't stop talking to - we're candid, warm, honest and inclusive, and every day we're telling new stories you can't turn away from.
We're currently looking for an Editor in Chief to join our team.
The Editor In Chief of Mamamia is a strong and dynamic journalist who will determine the daily content direction of Mamamia's written team to achieve agreed goals. The Editor In Chief is responsible for implementing the agreed content strategy and hitting daily, weekly and monthly growth targets. Responsibilities include ensuring the quality, tone and impact of editorial and social content and helping to support and develop a strong team of writers and producers.
**Key responsibilities**
- Ensure our daily content is on brand and in the Mamamia tone with the purpose for building the Mamamia brand and maximising traffic
- Ensure that content represents the variety of readers' interests within Mamamia verticals and that quality is consistently high.
- Lead Social team to
- Build communities across Mamamia platforms to boost engagement
- Optimise all daily content for search engines and manage SEO including the regular education of the editorial team
- Lead Editorial team to
- Create quality content across all MM platforms
- Use data led insights to contribute to the curation of editorial properties
- Execute evergreen strategy
- Build and manage external relationships with writers, content partners and build external profile by representing Mamamia at industry events
- Build relationships with the commercial team to drive greater ideation and support of branded content
- Work with the Product team to oversee successful seeding of editorial content and growth in social referrals.
- Recruitment, training and performance management of editorial senior staff
**About you**
- Media, Journalism or Communications degree or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years experience as a writer/journalist, at least 4 years at a digital publisher
- Experience leading high performing teams in a fast paced environment
- Experience in writing/editing/producing for an online publisher
- Proven ability to drive the development of quality content across various platforms
- Ability to give and receive effective feedback with curiosity and respect
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to adapt a measured approach in a fast-paced environment
- A strong commitment to continuous process improvement, initiatives, and ability to solve problems creatively
- Possess a PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) and wow your clients and co-workers every day
**About us**
We're fast-paced and innovative, and democratic when it comes to strategies and ideas.
We're small enough that you can create real and tangible change, and have your voice heard, and large enough that we can support your ideas with experienced, industry-leading teams, and deliver them to an audience of millions of women every month.
The core purpose of Mamamia is to make the world a better place for women and girls, and we live this philosophy in the content we create, and with the work we do with our charity partner, Room to Read. The independence and empowerment of women starts with universal literacy, and since 2017, Mamamia has supported Room to Read's Girls' Education Program, which breaks cycles of illiteracy in Asia and Africa. We've funded the education of tens of thousands of girls, and Mamamia staff have visited the schools where we've made an impact.
**_ As well as being a meaningful and exciting place to work, Mamamia offers:_**
- A fun, dynamic and collaborative workplace culture
- Learning & Development - tailored to each person's individual goals
- A day off for your birthday (mama-me day!)
- Flexible working conditions
- Monthly birthday celebrations and quarterly events!
- Free breakfast daily
- Purchased annual leave scheme
- Paid parental leave
- Reward and Recognition - pick a prize from our rewards menu when you are recognised by your team!
- Paid volunteer leave to get involved with our charity partners
- Mamamia is an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will be considered regardless of your race, sexuality, religion, colour, gender identity or parental status. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to appl_y.