What are the responsibilities and job description for the Weekend Platforms Editor NBC News Digital position at NBCUniversal?
NBC News Digital is looking for an editor to join its owned platforms team helping with weekend coverage needs. The editor will curate the NBCNews.com homepage and app write breaking news alerts for app and email and distribute content to partners such as Apple News Yahoo and Flipboard.
The editor will handle stories from all newsroom sections including breaking news politics business sports and lifestyle. The ideal candidate will have strong editorial judgment and excellent writing and editing skills. They will know what drives audiences to engage with articles and video on mobile and desktop. Strong communication skills and a comfort working under tight deadlines are crucial. Given this is a weekend role this editor must be a selfstarter who can work independently.
This roles hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET Wednesday through Sunday.
This position has been designated as hybrid generally contributing from the office a minimum of 3 days per week. This position is represented by the New York NewsGuild CWA. It is fulltime based in New York but candidates in Washington D.C. will be considered.
Key tasks
- Curate the NBC News homepage and app with a lively mix of breaking news politics enterprise reporting and video
- Execute live coverage on the homepage and app including liveblogs and video
- Frame and package stories from all sections of the newsroom including breaking news stories features and counterprogramming
- Coordinate plans with section editors to ensure their stories are promoted and distributed in all the right places
- Write and edit headlines app alerts and contribute to newsletter production
- Distribute and pitch stories to Apple News Yahoo and Flipboard
- Monitor analytics and audience behavior to inform story curation and strategy
- Work with photo editors to ensure the homepage and app is always looking sharp
- Some work on social distribution will be required
Qualifications :
Additional Requirements :
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range : $80000 $90000
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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Remote Work : Employment Type :
Fulltime
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000
