Web Editor Job Description
Web editor
provides training on the content editing platform being used and share best practices for maintaining, writing and designing content.
Web Editor Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Produce high quality web content (including copy, graphics and some HTML) for the University content management system and other systems where necessary
Work and maintain good relationships with the digital team, producers, editors and content experts at the local TV stations
Must work well with, and engage with the station team they serv
Supervising local editorial team by assigning work, editing stories and regulating workflow amongst website producers
Tracking engagement metrics to determine what stories are working and which ones are not, and making publication decision based on them
Collaborating with the national editorial counterparts on overall editorial site strategies by taking part in conference calls, communicating and carrying out corporate initiatives and putting together content plans around them
Producing daily content for CBSLA.com, including writing and editing text taken from scripts and wires, cutting and posting streamed video, optimizing imagery, creating slideshows and adapting other TV material for the Web
Creating weekly reports based on criteria set by Director of Digital Content
Conducting occasional meetings, one-on-one or group, with digital team to discuss updates, issues, new initiatives, policy
Working with Managing Editor to create weekly work schedule for all digital employees
Web Editor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Web Editor
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Education for Web Editor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the web editor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Journalism, Communications, Education, English, Marketing, Political Science, Communication, Computer Science, Spanish, Writing
Skills for Web Editor
Desired skills for web editor include:
Digital media technology
Particularly content-management tools
HTML
CSS
Dreamweaver
AP style guide
Global IT industry
Adobe Professional
Employment issues
English
Desired experience for web editor includes:
Must be willing to work at the station in the Philadelphia location
Must be willing to work at the station in the San Antonio location
Must be willing to work at the station in the San Jose location
Must be willing to work at the station in the McAllen, TX location
Must be willing to work at the station in the Boston location
Must be willing to work at the station in the Denver location
Web Editor Examples
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Web Editor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of web editor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for web editor
- Assist in the development of a network of innovative content sites that engages an audience that loves reading, stories about books, finding out about deals, and encourages users to share, comment, and purchase
- Conceptualize and edit stories daily that will grow the audience and contribute to book sales
- Use site metrics and sales data to strategize website, newsletter, and social content
- Communicate with and advise in-house and outside publishing teams about sponsored content
- Develop new ways to promote book-related product through the brand’s various channels
- Work with the Editorial Director and Business Development lead to identify partners and establish relationships for sharing both site and social content
- Pitch and write fashion and beauty content that will resonate with our audience, whether on social, through search, or in newsletters
- Liaise with bloggers
- Coordinate any online production in a timely and accurate manner
- Revise campaign plans based on data-driven analysis
Qualifications for web editor
- Must be willing to work at the station in the Arizona location
- Must be willing to work at the station in the Las Vegas location
- Excellent creative and technical writing ability
- Able to proof-read and edit text with a mastery of Traditional Chinese grammar and syntax
- Able to multitask and coordinate among multiple teams
- Serious gamer in tune with the interests of the gaming community
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a web editor. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for web editor
- Leads editorial efforts at online audience development by monitoring web analytics in real time and adjusting content placement and promotion in social media to optimize exposure and traffic
- Manages P&I’s social media strategy and should be the most current among P&I’s editors on trends in web publishing and web traffic development
- Keeps the web site updated (including SEO) as new content (including but not limited to that coming from the print newspaper) becomes available
- Manages the production of the five daily digest newsletters and works with the rest of the editors to produce and send the Daily competitive intelligence newsletter
- Manages the web producer and works with the other editors to generate ideas for, plan and create content (including the hiring of videographers and other technical support), especially, video and data content
- Manages the video production process, including hiring of videographers and working with the web producer to plan and edit video interviews and other projects
- Develops, traffics and posts third-party content for web, especially from the investment management community
- Take responsibility for the improvement of specific parts of the Cardiff University web presence including the moving of high profile areas to the new University content management system in line with established approaches and quality standards
- Be proactive in the support and development of priority web content, pre-empting needs and ensuring that content is engaging, accurate and of a high quality
- Communicate clearly the vision for the University’s web presence and foster understanding and support from stakeholders, building and maintaining effective relationships to ensure the successful implementation of the new content management system
Qualifications for web editor
- Personal or professional experience creating and writing content for websites
- You will be in touch with the vRealize Orchestrator Team which will give you broad experience and look at the relations in an enterprise product
- Good understanding of HTTP, JSON and REST
- Must be willing to work at the station in the TBD location
- Creative thinker willing to push the envelope and bring fresh, innovative ideas to life
- Use clinical acumen to edit and develop this extended medical knowledge quiz
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a web editor. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for web editor
- Provide professional advice and guidance on website production to deliver high quality web content in line with the University’s strategic vision
- Manage individual projects to develop specific websites including planning and implementing the changes required
- Play a leading role in advising and influencing web authors on the devolved content production process, reviewing needs and feeding improvement requests into the Digital Communications team
- Work with colleagues to gather requirements and make recommendations for future development of functionality, processes and procedures
- Provide advice and informal training to staff in their creation of web content
- Produce high quality written documentation on aspects of the content management system and its processes to allow devolved authors to work independently
- Homepage updates
- Providing coverage of important news items throughout the day and evening Saturday through Sunday
- Contributes to the maintenance and upkeep of the digital editorial calendar
- Coordinates with other digital editors to assure assignments don’t overlap
Qualifications for web editor
- Excellent writing skills in Traditional Chinese and English
- Able to translate technical and creative texts from English to Traditional Chinese
- Background in writing, editing and producing women's service and lifestyle content
- Keen attention to analytics and data-driven editorial choices
- An eye for visual journalism and packaging for the web
- Professional editing experience, including experience editing professional writers
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a web editor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for web editor
- Proposes/executes story ideas that will meet the needs of our digital audiences
- Commissions content from freelancers and edits them on deadline
- Contributes to updating the social media schedule, drafting relevant post copy
- Pitch and write stories and/or assign freelance content daily, execute on SEO-driven priorities and writing assignments
- Manage the Universities’ Content Owners Network, which is a group of nearly 300 content owners on campus to ensure they are carrying out the standards established by the office of Web communications
- Take direction from the News VP, receive input from other areas of the company (sales, management, news, ) to get the most effective content online, and collaborate with content centers in other local markets to share stories and resources across all Telemundo and NBC’s city websites
- Awareness of all breaking news, local, national and international
- Work quickly and efficiently to identify, write, edit and publish entertainmentand celebrity content that clicks on the homepage and is picked up by search engines and drives traffic through social media
- Pitch and write original entertainmentand celebrity features
- Identify stories that can be translated into compelling video packages
Qualifications for web editor
- Knowledge of books, genre fiction, the publishing industry, media and entertainment, a plus
- Avid reader and passionate about books, mandatory
- High familiarity with ebooks
- Impeccably organized with an innate sense of prioritization
- An original thinker who contributes creative ideas and wants to grow
- Familiarity with various social media platforms, especially Facebook
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of web editor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for web editor
- Regularly post stories and accompanying visuals to the JOC.com CMS throughout the day
- Manage all aspects of delivering various daily and weekly newsletters, and show an ability to pick the stories most likely to drive web traffic
- Learn key JOC.com KPIs and obtain and follow this data regularly
- Working with other writers to edit new or existing digital content for enhanced mobile access and optimized search engine results
- Analyzing existing content or content concepts and recommending and implementing changes to best address audience needs, information architecture, tagging, and Web and mobile navigation and usability
- Editing/proofreading (grammar and punctuation) the content provided by others (mostly health communication specialists and subject matter experts)
- Oversee and edit the work of staff writers to produce excellent copy for the website, email, and other digital media, advertising, fundraising, marketing, and promotional campaigns
- Write for digital publications, especially headlines, subheads, and taglines
- Assume lead role in developing creative concepts, planning, writing, and editing in collaboration with other writers, photographers, and Internet team to produce effective, compelling digital content
- Frequent travel to Samaritan’s Purse field locations and related sites to gather information, conduct interviews, and report on ministry activities
Qualifications for web editor
- Fluent in both verbal Chinese (Mandarin) and English
- Proficiency in digital asset creation
- Must have advanced knowledge of digital platforms, especially social media
- Must be willing to work at the station in the Denver/Centennial location
- English native speaker and fluent in French
- At least 1 year of working experience at creative agency(Copy Writer), publisher(Editor), or own a WeMedia social account (Editor)