Digital Editorial Lead

**Indigenous Identified Position**

**About Us**

NITV is a First Nations-led organisation that holds a special place in the Australian Media Landscape. The team fosters a collaborative and supportive work environment and is passionate about the growth of Indigenous stories and storytellers. We're now looking for an Editorial Lead to join the Digital team.

**The Department**

NITV’s vision is to be recognised as having a meaningful and positive impact on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

NITV’s purpose is to support and strengthen the oldest living culture in the world.

Celebrate and champion the place of unique, inspiring storytelling through Indigenous voices.

Share culture, language and lessons today to develop strong leaders and champions tomorrow.

Use our strengths to foster change, champion equality and make an impact.

Build a legacy of strong, sustainable Indigenous Media for the future.

**The Role**

The purpose of this role is to set and execute the daily and long-term agendas for the NITV Digital team.

Reporting to the Head of Digital, this role will see you use creative thinking and editorial judgement to assist journalists and producers in creating multimedia content that is central to NITV’s Digital Strategy and is appropriate for our audiences. As part of this role you would:

- Research and commission news, feature and creative article content, contribute ideas for multimedia features, social media and other digital content on a daily basis, ensuring they are in line with SBS Purpose & Values, SBS Codes of Practice and Editorial Guidelines and timelines.
- Keep across developing news, assigning Digital Journalists to write online copy for fast turnaround, and writing when required.
- In conjunction with the NITV News & SBS Online teams, develop innovative editorial ideas designed to build audience and engagement across NITV/SBS sites.
- Conduct training for other staff in NITV Content Management systems and other NITV Digital workflows.
- Liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.
- Engage in clear and open communication with all NITV departments to build an online presence.

**About you**
- Journalism skills, including; reporting, writing and editing skills, and a strong knowledge of local and national Indigenous news and current affairs.
- A demonstrated ability to break stories and find original reporting lines.
- A demonstrated ability to work to editorial guidelines as well as manage long-term projects.
- Strong skills in social media
- Ability to find new storytelling methods and the ability to repurpose digital content in a creative way across a variety of mediums and platforms.
- Proven ability to generate social media content that leads to greater engagement and interaction with online audiences.
- Sound knowledge of media law and community management best-practice, including the ability to moderate and edit forums, blogs and other user-generated content.
- Desirable: Demonstrated leadership and management experience

Feel like you meet most, but perhaps not all, the criteria listed? Then send through your details; whilst we have specific requirements in mind, we can look at how we may be able to bridge any gaps.

**Some of the reasons to consider working with us**
- The people We truly celebrate and welcome difference at SBS and encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work, you’ll be part of one of the most inclusive companies in Australia
- The culture and the engagement of our workforce SBS is ranked in the top 25% of all media companies for employee engagement
- We’re agile and innovative in the way we work, as well as being a trusted and established brand. At SBS we have been broadcasting for over 40 years and our future is packed with many more exciting developments
- We also love to promote from within We have allocated training funds to do just that and help bridge the gaps when moving from role to role.

For other opportunities within our organisation please visit our careers website SBS Careers - Working at SBS

**Reasonable adjustments**

At SBS, it’s not just what you do but how you do it. We’re looking for people who share our passion and hold our strong values, diverse workforce and inclusive culture.

**_ The filing of this employment opportunity is intended to constitute a special measure under subsection 8 (1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975_**.**

NITV Digital Editorial Lead Job Description