Editor in Chief

Travel Radar provides high quality and relevant industry insight across the Commercial Aviation & Air-Travel sectors. Having grown rapidly since 2015, we've gone on to become one of the leading providers of Aviation News available online, and in 2023 are expanding to become the leading digital hub for all things aviation and air-travel. With an ever-growing remote team of over 100 staff, we bring exciting and interesting content 24/7 from around the globe to a reach of over 30 million users per month.

What you’ll be doing

We’re on the lookout for an Editor in Chief to join our bustling Newsdesk team, and support in the content creation and approval process, as well as leading the team of Web Editors to success. Some of the things you’ll be doing week-to-week includes:

• Creating, producing and managing high-quality article content for Travel Radar

• Building relationships with airlines, airports, PR agencies and in-house Reporters

• Supervising the visual layout of content including feature images and image use

• Regularly checking and tracking content for accuracy, Copy-Editing

• Provide mentoring and written feedback to Reporters on their articles via Editorial Comments

• Adhere and ensure adherence to SEO guidelines for content working with the SEO Specialist/s

• Determine and track important team and content KPIs

• Support the management of the Newsdesk Team including rota management, managing Leave of Absence, responding to email and phone enquiries and internal team performance and appraisal management

• Overseeing the team of Web Editors including tasks such as Editor Rota management, leave of absence and regular appraisal/1-2-1s

• Working cross-departmentally with other Content Teams, Managers, Senior Leaders and Marketers to ensure success of Travel Radar’s content overall

• Serving as the department budget-holder, approving pay for freelancers/premium content creators, and event attendance/coordination.

What skills and experience you’ll bring to us

We’re all about learning and development here at Travel Radar, so we don’t expect you to know everything to apply to us! Whether you’re an undergraduate looking to gain real- world experience, a graduate looking for their first opportunity, or a seasoned professional wanting to change careers or step into management, we will support you in your journey.

Here are some of the skills that’ll be required, and some that’ll be beneficial to have:

*Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

*A passion for aviation or wider travel industry

*Ability to be on duty at least once per week, ideally twice

*IT proficiency with the WordPress CMS or similar

*Proven experience as a writer, senior reporter or editor

*Knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation and best practices

*Experience in management/shift supervisor responsibilities