Senior Editor – Seba Dereja Media & Communication
Social Sciences and Community
Seba Dereja Media & Communication
About us
Seba Dereja Media and Communications PLC (Addis Zeybe) is an online Ethiopian media outlet whose goal is to enrich the journalistic tradition of Ethiopia through truly independent and fair news. Seba Dereja seeks to provide a news source to the public that is reliable, relevant, and independent news; it is therefore not aligned with any political, religious, or ethnic organization. It operates an online platform that discusses a wide range of topics related to urban spaces, including politics, the economy, culture, and more, while continuing to be active on various social media outlets.
Job Brief
Our growing publication is searching for an experienced editor to join our creative team. Your ultimate goal will be to provide exceptional, informative, and appealing content to attract our targeted audience and build customer loyalty. You will perform a range of tasks including evaluating proofs, setting publication goals, designing content, and generating story ideas.
As the editor, you will demonstrate a good eye for detail and know-how to manage all the moving parts of a publication. To excel in this position, the successful candidate will also possess excellent communication, editing, and proofreading skills.
Responsibilities
- Design the contents of publications based on the company’s publication’s style, editorial policy, and publishing specifications.
- Establish the publication standards and goals.
- Research and authenticate facts, dates, and statistics.
- Build strong news sourcing relationships with government and non governmental entities
- Evaluate and approve design proofs submitted by the media room prior to publication production.
- Recommend stories and produce headline ideas to attract our target audience.
- Coordinate with designers, photographers, writers, and artists.
- Proofread and edit stories or art pieces.
- Develop and write very high quality, headline-worthy news articles
- Identify important news trends in the country – Approach and interview important news personalities tactfully and persistently.
- Write varied and interesting news stories that are good for both domestic and foreign audiences.
- Building a publication that competes with the most important business and Innovation focused publications covering Ethiopia and the continent at large,
- Supervise layout of images, graphics, videos, and other artwork
- Developing and maintaining high-level relationships with key decision-makers in business, technology, and government across Ethiopia and the continent at large.
- Driving strong and aggressive audience growth and relevance for Addis Zeybe among key audience segments
- Setting expectations and establishing processes that lead to team success
Duration: 1-year contract
Type of Contract: Permanent
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s in Social Science field
- Solid understanding of newsworthy stories
- Proven experience as a senior editor or in a similar role
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- In-depth knowledge of SEO and social media best practices.
- A creative thinker with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven experience with MS Office and design software.
- Outstanding leadership and organization skill
- Experience in managing a team
Core Competencies and Skill
- Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity
- Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
- Self-development, initiative-taking
- Acting as a team player and facilitating teamwork
- Managing conflict
- Professionalism
- Excellent verbal and written Communication Skills
- Reporting, Planning and Organizing skill
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