Medium Rare Content Agency is seeking a full-time sub editor to work across Officeworks content, including print, digital and social. Reporting to the Deputy Editor, you will be responsible for maintaining accuracy across all platforms, consistent with the brand's profile and ToV. In addition, you assist in managing workflows and production schedules so that deadlines are met.
Our team is dynamic and high-performing and we encourage key behaviours in our people to help maintain and improve our company culture.
We are curious and hardworking and stay true to our strong Medium Rare brand and reputation, leading positive relationships with our clients and showing them that we understand their worlds.
- We prioritise healthy work relationships by bringing our team together in productive and collaborative ways, celebrating individual and joint achievements.
- We are constantly looking for ways to improve our processes by creating ways of working that advantage and enable collaborative, creative idea generation.
- We prioritise our integrity as a team and individuals by working hard to maintain high professional standards, seeking out diverse and varied client work and pushing back on unreasonable client demands.
**MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Subedits, fact-checks and ensures copy adheres to style, tone and reflects best practice for the channel (print, digital, social)
- Copyedits, SEO- and top-edits as required
- Understands SEO principles and how they are applied to digital content
- Liaises with contributors to fact-check content
- Checks content finals, at various stages, inputting relevant changes where required
- Collaborates with content peers on quality, data-driven content ideas that meet Officeworks business priorities
- Audits existing content for quality and timeliness
- Writes heads, intros and captions that are consistently appropriate and creative
- Copy-fits layouts
- Meets deadlines and supports the Deputy Editor to manage the production & workflow process
- Develops and maintains productive internal and external relationships and networks that facilitate the achievement of work related objectives
**PERSON SPECIFICATION**:
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Experienced in writing inspiring and engaging headings and intros
- Data-driven, outcomes-driven
- Proficiency with a range of SEO and analytics tools, including, but not limited, to BuzzSUMO, SEMRush, Google Trends and Adobe Analytics
- Strong working knowledge of HTML and various CMS
- Can spot a typo, grammatical error or widow instantly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent file management and record keeping skills
- Excellent computer skills (Mac operating system)
- Team player who remains calm under pressure
- Three years + experience as a sub editor
- Experience in working across print, digital and social channels
- Understanding of, or willingness to quickly learn, SEO principles and how they can be applied to content in a multi-platform environment
- Understanding of, or willingness to quickly learn, how to work with a DAM and tagging protocols
- Ability to work with 100 percent accuracy
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks and work efficiently under pressure
- Ability to work well as part of a team, as well as independently
- Ability to manage freelance sub editors as required
**News Benefits**
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
- ** Exclusively ours** - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- ** Health & wellbeing** - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies
- ** Time off**:
- News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
- ** Helping you grow** - Development opportunities and recognition
- ** Financial wellbeing** - Support on making the most of your money
- ** Perks & discounts** - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
- ** Giving back** - Make a difference to our communities.
- Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply_