News Editor

Company Description

2023 is an exciting year to join the Drive team, a business wholly owned by Australia’s largest media organisation, Nine Entertainment with extensive reach across all media channels including TV, digital, social, print and radio.

The Drive vision is to create the future of Automotive in Australia. This is delivered via our simple, all-encompassing three C’s strategy – Commerce, Comparison and Commentary. Commentary covers the deep knowledge, editorial authority and advice Drive provides for consumers. We are industry leaders in this space. Our team of motoring experts review and drive every car in the Australian market and understand the needs of consumers and brands more than anyone.

Comparison is a growth area where we bring together industry data and expert recommendations to further help consumers compare cars based on their preferences, spec v spec, side by side. And lastly Commerce, our most exciting growth opportunity. Here is where we can help close the research loop and connect consumers directly to the cars they are able to buy now, via our Drive Dealer network.

Having full service automotive capability under one roof will differentiate Drive amongst its competitors in the future. We are a driven and forward-thinking team who love the automotive industry.

Culturally, we strive to inject equal doses of creativity, smart knowledge, and fun into everything we touch.

Job Description

We are seeking a passionate and experienced News Editor to join our team. 

As the News Editor for Drive, you will have a deep connection with the consumer and their values regarding automotive news, insights, and trends. Your role will involve leading a high-performing news team, ensuring the delivery of quality content to brief and timeline, within a dynamic and fast-paced setting. Reporting to the Director of Content, you will have a proven ability to plan well and problem-solve as required to meet business objectives. 

As an exceptional content creator yourself, you will be a seasoned journalist with a keen interest in the automotive industry. Leveraging your extensive expertise and established reputation, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining our publication's high standards of quality and credibility.

Responsibilities include but aren't limited to:

• Manage and lead a high-performance news team that can deliver quality content to deadline, in a fast-paced environment. 
• Act as a content innovator and source of ideas, whilst maintaining a mix of breaking, insight and trending news content.
• Critically analyse and interpret audience and engagement data to inform content ideation and creation to best serve the audience’s needs.
• Create and deliver accurate and timely written, video, audio and photographic content for publication.
• Work with a mix of in-house journalists and contributor journalists as required to deliver on targets.
• Provide clear, direct and timely feedback to journalists including the ability to spot deficiencies in copy and guide them accordingly.  
• Understand and implement cutting edge search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies to maximise news content visibility and organic traffic.
• Work with Publishing and Marketing teams to ensure content engagement opportunities are maximised across social media and Nine.

Qualifications

• Full driver’s licence
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field.
• 10yrs+ experience in mainstream journalism with an interest in automotive.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent research and fact-checking skills, with the ability to gather information from reliable sources.
• Strong networking skills, both internally and externally.
• Extensive experience with content management systems (CMS). 
• Exceptional understanding of SEO best practices with a willingness to learn and apply them.  

Additional Information

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