Total 8 web editor job vacancies in sydney

The Australian Financial Review is seeking a dynamic and experienced Features Editor to lead the commissioning, editing, and delivery of compelling stories that captivate our audience both online and in print. As the Features Editor, you will play a crucial role in shaping the content of our daily features and the Perspective section of AFR Weekend.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the commissioning and editing of news features, ensuring a consistent flow of high-quality content throughout the week.
• Work closely with reporters, editors, and other section leaders to allocate writers and develop engaging story angles.
• Maintain a keen sense of current political, economic, business and cultural matters, utilising this knowledge to produce timely and relevant features.
• Source and produce stories from syndication partners to diversify and enrich our content offerings.
• Maximise digital production and presentation.
• Quickly respond to breaking news and shifting stories, adjusting content plans as necessary.
• Collaborate with the AFR Weekend editor and contribute to the planning process to ensure a cohesive package for publication.
• Ensure all features meet high editorial standards and engage our audience effectively.
• Collaborate with the digital and visual storytelling teams to present features in the most compelling and innovative ways for our online audience.
• Coordinate with designers, graphic artists, and photographers to enhance storytelling. 
• Be prepared to work occasional Sunday shifts as required.

Are you passionate about shaping public opinion and influencing national conversations? The Australian Financial Review, Australia’s leading business and finance newspaper, is seeking a Deputy Opinion Editor & Leader Writer to join our editorial team and become a key voice in one of the country’s most influential newsrooms.

If you thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, have a keen understanding of public affairs, and relish the contest of ideas, this is your chance to help set the agenda at the nation’s premier business newspaper.

In this role, you will work closely with the Opinion Editor, Editor-in-Chief, and Editor to curate the daily opinion lineup and shape editorial stances, ensuring that our ‘op-ed’ section provides timely and relevant commentary on major public debates. You will also liaise across the newsroom to integrate opinion content into the AFR’s daily coverage and drive engagement.

As Deputy Opinion Editor, you will play a key role in managing the opinion section, commissioning and editing commentary pieces from a diverse range of external contributors and columnists for both digital and print publication.

In your capacity as Leader Writer, you will craft insightful and compelling editorials, articulating clear, informed arguments that reflect the AFR’s position on critical business, politics, markets, and public policy issues. You will also share responsibility for producing the weekly subscriber-only Opinion Newsletter. 

Australia's highly respected food brand, Good Food, is looking for an energetic Deputy App Editor to join its team. The ideal candidate will have a proven news instinct and an interest in Australia's food scene. 

Working with the App Editor and head of Good Food, you’ll be responsible for helping deliver the Good Food app strategy, and growing its audience with innovative content that builds a loyal community.

Day to day you will:

• Work closely with the App Editor to ensure a smooth production cycle.
• Maintain consistent quality control of all editorial content.
• Produce stories for the app and work to ensure the tone and balance of content is appropriate and targeted.
• Attend weekly editorial meetings. 
• Source photos and commission photography.

Australia's highly respected food brand, Good Food, is looking for an energetic social media editor to join its team. The ideal candidate will have a proven news instinct and an interest in Australia's food scene. 

You will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing Good Food’s social media strategy. We’re looking for someone who can bring fresh ideas about digital storytelling and help grow our audience with innovative content that builds a loyal community. Social Media is constantly evolving and changing, and we are looking for someone who can keep Good Food at the cutting edge. 

Day to day you will:

• Help generate story ideas for content geared toward distribution across social media platforms.
• Manage Good Food’s social media accounts. 
• Write, create and publish social posts and stories.
• Capture photos and videos, create composite images and GIFs as needed - sourcing images, designing in Canva.
• Work to ensure the tone and balance of content is appropriate, targeted, reflects GF’s brand identity and resonates with the audience. 
• Maintain consistent messaging and promptly address any feedback or crises that may arise. 
• Use analytics to make informed strategic decisions. Monitor performance metrics and continuously refine strategies to optimise engagement, reach and brand awareness.
• Identify emerging growth tactics and trends.

The Australian Financial Review has an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Digital Editor to join the digital team.

You will help curate and optimise content for digital editions ensuring AFR.com is breaking news and keeping its audience engaged.

You will also be required to help the digital editor with staffing, and work with different areas of the business including product, audience and visual teams.

Day to day you will:

• Run the home page
• Plan homepage editions with section editors
• Prepare each edition
• Post on social channels
• Share SEO best practices
• Curate and send newsletters
• Write breaking news blog posts and manage the daily live blog

The Australian Financial Review is seeking a Desk Editor on a full-time basis to join its print and digital production team.

We are seeking a dedicated and motivated team player with a passion for words and meeting deadlines under pressure. Newsroom experience is a must. A strong interest in and understanding of business and good general knowledge of current affairs is preferred. 

You will have experience in sub-editing and production in a way that best suits each platform. The role may involve morning, afternoon and evening hours as well as some weekend work, and can be full-time or part-time. Experience in digital production would be an advantage.

Day to day you will:

• Edit, produce and publish stories for each platform, be it digital, print, blogs, or newsletters
• Produce stories for afr.com and other channels, including finding photos,    graphics, videos, and social media assets
• Write and check headlines, captions and write-offs
• Proofread
• Work with reporters to edit and rewrite copy to the highest standards
• Communicate with reporters, editors and other production staff

Australia's leading broadcast video on demand platform 9Now offers a destination for consumers around Australia to catch up on their favourite programs anywhere, anytime, on the device of their choosing.

The 9Now Web team is a primarily front-end agile software and streaming development team building the "Future of Television". Our core responsibility is building, testing, securing and maintaining 9now.com.au. We're at the forefront of 9Now’s strategy, creating a responsive, performant, accessible user experience for viewing 9Now content in mobile, tablet and desktop browsers.

You’ll be working alongside both Senior and Associate Engineers within the team, and closely with Product and Quality in the broader Streaming team.

We’re looking for people who are based in Sydney, and would be able to come into the office.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional teams to plan, design, develop and test solutions.

• Work across our web-based tech stack (Typescript and JavaScript), particularly utilising React (including Next.js, Styled Components, Jotai state management, Jest, Testing Library React and Playwright), hosted in Docker on AWS infrastructure.

• Develop our streaming video stack and its accompanying analytics and observability.

News Editors are an integral part of the Nine News production team. We are looking for candidates that want to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced workplace, who can work well in both a team environment and autonomously. The role collaborates with producers and reporters to create high-calibre content across multiple news programs. News Editors are creative, have excellent attention to detail and technical accuracy. News is a 24/7 business and candidates must be available to work a 7 day rotating roster. This role will be based in the office full time. 

Day to day includes but won’t be limited to: 

• Editing material for Nine News broadcasts, including voice overs, grabs, overlay, and news packages as directed by the News Edit Shift Leader.
• Occasionally edit feature-style packages for various news and current affairs programs, including online content.
• Occasionally engage in production editing for Today Show and Today Extra.
• Maintain availability for a 24/7 roster, accommodating early starts and late finishes.
• Compile vision for archive and ensure timely delivery of edited material.
• Promptly escalate potential technical issues to the Supervisor and/or engineering.
• Prioritise punctuality, attention to detail, and accuracy.
• Thrive in both quiet and busy periods, contributing to collaborative teamwork while working autonomously.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills, fostering positive relationships in a team environment.