Social & Digital Media Editor

Paramount is a global media and entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course).

We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What’s more, you’ll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Bold, 10 Peach, Nickelodeon), our digital platform 10 Play that also includes a vast array of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV known as FAST (including numerous MTV and Nickelodeon channels), and our subscription video on demand service Paramount+.

The Social & Digital Media Editor with 10 News First is a crucial role in helping to shape and drive the news strategy across our online platforms. The role requires a strong understanding of the news cycle, digital and social media; generating stories, sourcing and curating pitches; sub-editing copy and basic design and video knowledge.

This is a permanent full-time role based in our SYDNEY newsroom.

Enough about us What you’ll do as a Social & Digital Media Editor:
Help manage and strategise 10 News First’s social presence on all off platform - across social media, YouTube & digital media.
Assist daily operations of editorial, curate the news list and lead sub-editing for social & digital team
Lead social coverage during live events or breaking news, which may include working out of office hours or on weekends as required
Help plan and produce engaging, unique and exciting content for 10’s social editorial accounts to maximise audience engagement, monetisation and brand presence.
Develop excellent relationships with 10 News First presenters and wider Paramount stakeholders
Coordinate with legal department for sensitive news stories
Lead social community management and comment moderation strategy
Leverage social channels to source and gather content
Use data, social learnings and regular reporting - meeting team KPIs

What are we looking for in a Social & Digital Media Editor? What’s important?

8-10 years’ experience in a social media and/or digital role within news organisation/newsroom
Experience with real-time analytics, social management and share tools
Adept understanding of social platforms, design/copywriting for each channel
YouTube optimisation strategy and implementation experience
High attention to detail and excellent sub-editing skills
Strong experience using video and image editing software such as Canva, Adobe Premiere and Photoshop
Exceptional communication skills, stakeholder management and ability to coordinate with a national team via Slack or Teams
Experience and understanding of commercial news opportunities and optimisation
Ability to work under pressure in a broadcast and digital news environment
Proven understanding of the news cycle and reporting
An understanding of social driven revenue strategies
Experience leading teams, rostering, running editorial and sourcing pitches

Why Paramount?
We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day. However, for now we'll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:

- 92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)
- We hold a 4.1 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures.

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Seeing responsibilities and competencies laid out on paper can be confronting. At this stage of the recruitment process, sometimes imposter syndrome can creep in and mess with our confidence. Please know that we list these items to give you an opportunity to show us your potential and how you can grow and transform with us. Your ability to demonstrate that you have the real potential to develop the required capabilities, knowledge, and experience to perform in this role is what we would like to hear from you. Where possible, you should support your laims with specific examples of what you have done, and how you did it.