Overview
Join Australia's premier Editorial AI Innovation team and play a pivotal role in defining how artificial intelligence communicates with journalists.
As our AI Prompt Engineer, you'll craft the sophisticated language systems that power our newsroom tools, ensuring every interaction is precise, ethical, and aligned with our editorial standards. This role can be worked from any of our head offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland or Adelaide.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the bridge between advanced AI technology and practical journalism. Design, test, and refine the prompts that guide our AI models, ensuring outputs meet the exacting standards our journalists require.
- Collaborate with editorial teams to build tools that enhance workflow efficiency while maintaining the integrity of quality journalism.
- Develop and fine-tune prompts that guide AI models to produce accurate, contextually appropriate responses for diverse journalistic applications.
- Partner with journalists and editorial teams through structured interviews and workshops to understand workflow requirements and translate them into effective AI interactions.
- Define and document excellence benchmarks for AI outputs, ensuring adherence to accuracy, relevance, tone, and editorial guidelines.
- Build and maintain a version-controlled library of prompt patterns and strategies for organisation-wide use.
- Share insights and successful strategies across teams to drive ongoing improvement and learning.
Qualifications
- Genuine passion for journalism and understanding of modern newsroom operations
- Curiosity and a willingness to explore new ideas
- Demonstrated elementary coding experience, preferably Python, natural language processing (NLP) and prompt engineering using different models
- Strong grasp of language semantics and syntax, with an experimental mindset
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build trust with both journalists and technical teams
- Meticulous attention to detail and unwavering commitment to accuracy
What We Offer
- Challenging role in Australia's most advanced Editorial AI team
- Flexible hybrid working setting
- Competitive salary package with growth opportunities
- Opportunity to shape the future of journalism technology
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. Our advantages include:
- Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Health & wellbeing support and facilities (including an onsite gym at select offices)
- Leave options to support personal needs: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave
- Development opportunities and diversity and inclusion-focused education
- Financial wellbeing support and perks & discounts
- Giving back and community engagement opportunities
- Workplace inclusion and facilities, including employee-resource groups and accessibility options
Who we are
We are Australia’s most impactful media group, dedicated to informing, advocating and inspiring all Australians. With over 150 brands and more than 5,000 employees, News Corp Australia is trusted by millions across multiple platforms. We offer a fast-paced environment that encourages innovation and collaboration.
What’s next
Apply now or visit for more information on careers at News Corp Australia.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know. For more information about DEI at News Corp Australia, please visit under the DEI section.
Role Details
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
- Industry: Media Production
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📌 Editorial AI Prompt Engineer
🏢 News Corp Australia
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