Homepage Editor (News)

Our client is a leading news website looking for a Homepage Editor to join their talented team.

The successful candidate will have Real Time newsroom experience and would have worked at a major news company.

The role will involve editing the Homepage - using story selection, editing pictures and writing eye-catching headlines to best sell the website's content. The site offers Real Time coverage of news, sport and entertainment and the candidate will be expected to handle breaking news. They will monitor social media and reflect the best of what people are talking about on social media on the homepage.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Essential Experience
- Proven experience of setting the news agenda at editor level
- Will have covered daily news for a website, newspaper or magazine
- Must demonstrate an ability to spot subjects before they trend and write witty and engaging copy about them
- Must be passionate about popular culture and sport and demonstrate extensive knowledge of both
- Must be passionate about UK and international news and have proven experience of covering both
- Must have a track record of smart news judgement
- Must write stop-you-in-your-tracks headlines
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to operate under pressure
- React quickly to produce up to the minute articles
- Demonstrate a great eye for pictures and how to turn them into stories
- Be able to demonstrate a love for and involvement in social media

* Technical/Functional Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good understanding of SEO

* Working hours
- Ability to work a vary shift pattern from 0700 to midnight, seven days a week, and out of hours as editorially necessary