Daily Telegraph Off- Platform Editor (Social Media)

What’s the role?

As we continue to evolve as the nation’s foremost digital media company, News Corp is searching for outstanding, experienced social media specialist to work as an Off-Platform Editor, exercising whip-smart news judgment and a drive to lead story-telling from the front.

As an experienced social media specialist at News Corp, you’ll know how to follow the insights and analytics to expose our journalism to huge audiences; and then engage them through sharp writing and dynamic visual storytelling.

Working alongside Digital Producers who are predominantly manage On Platform news content, you’ll be authoring, planning, producing, publishing and distributing content across social media channels to engage with and grow our audience and, ultimately, our subscriber base.

This is a vital part of our digital media strategy and key to driving a sustainable and growing audience - now and in the future.

This is a hands-on role unsuitable for an entry-level candidate, the Off-Platform Editor needs to be a social media native, capable of delivering world-class social media content and using constantly evolving best-practice techniques.

Foster new and existing communities inside each social platform.

Who are you?

You have at least three years’ experience as a social media editor or in the social media space, preferably in a news environment.

To be successful in this role you live and breathe social platforms, and instinctively understand what a social audience likes (and dislikes).

You can shoot, edit and produce video and audio pieces for all platforms

You are constantly trawling all platforms and analysing trends.

You want to always be at the heart of what matters most to your audience - and be constantly hungry to find ways to engage new audiences through brilliant content.

Create and curate compelling and engaging social media content through your sharp writing, quick news judgment, and use of visual storytelling tools such as Adobe Suite and Canva

Identify content engagement issues and action solutions

Collaborate with all levels of a newsroom - from junior reporters to senior editors, photographers and videographers.

Excellent planning and scheduling skills to stay afloat in a busy, “always on” news cycle

Digital media doesn’t scare or slow you down. It accelerates you.

You’re a great team player, supporting your teammates and ‘jump in’ to get things done.

News Benefits

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms