Managing Editor Digital, News and Current Affairs

2 days ago

Sydney, Australia SBS Full time

At SBS we believe in the power of difference. We believe that by seeing beyond borders, breaking down barriers and celebrating diversity, we’ll create a more united and inclusive future for all Australians. To deliver on that, the SBS News and Current Affairs team is committed to delivering balanced and impartial news and current affairs across all platforms audiences are using.

**About the opportunity**

This role is responsible for developing and implementing a digital growth strategy for SBS News and Current Affairs including audio, video and publishing across owned and third-party platforms and assisting with the digital product strategy.

This role is a key leadership position in the SBS News and Current Affairs division (NACA) and oversees the editorial and distribution strategy for News and Current Affairs Digital including video, publishing, newsletters and audio. Some of the tasks include:

- Developing and leading an end-to-end digital strategy to deliver on SBS’s charter and purpose and SBS’s Audience First goals
- In collaboration with the team, overseeing the day-to-day operations of NACA’s digital output, setting and maintaining the highest editorial and production standards
- Leading and inspiring NACA’s digital team, providing editorial and creative direction for the strategy, encouraging continuous improvement and innovation to deepen engagement with and grow audiences
- Leading NACA’s third party strategy, development of and implementation of relevant agreements
- Advising the senior leadership team and broader division on the latest digital product innovations, emerging trends, content production, distribution and audience engagement, in consultation with direct reports
- Working collaboratively across NACA and SBS to ensure digital content aligns with NACA’s cross-platform strategy, and is relevant for an increasingly diverse Australian audience

**About you**

Critical to this role, we are looking for someone who is passionate about, understands and can celebrate the unique and inspiring storytelling of multicultural communities and First Nations Peoples. You will have a deep understanding of the SBS Charter and Purpose. In addition, you will have:

- Demonstrated experience in people leadership with passion for coaching and mentoring staff and fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion
- Demonstrated experience commissioning and producing news and feature content for digital platforms, including articles, video and audio
- Demonstrated experience of using audience research and data to develop and implement a digital strategy

**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 as you’ll be part of one of the most inclusive companies in Australia
- The culture and the engagement of our workforce 93% of our employees have stated that they are proud to work for SBS
- 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 almost 50 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**

To find out more about reasonable adjustments, please view our short video **here.

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