Amsterdam News | Digital Editor
The New York Amsterdam News is seeking a person to work with our dedicated team to transform our digital presence. This is a one-year contract position reporting to the publisher and is a key position for setting a new course to serve our audience in new and dynamic ways. The position is funded by a specific grant and may be extended beyond the one-year term if additional funding is secured.
Our aim is to greatly improve upon our digital presence to better serve our community with the important news and information they need to navigate their lives. To this end we are seeking someone with a proven track record of envisioning an innovative and responsive digital strategy on multiple platforms that meets the needs of audiences where and how they prefer to consume media and information.
The successful candidate will have a passion for local, community based news as well as a deep knowledge of media production and in the building and maintenance of digital platforms.
This Editor will be responsible for developing a complete digital strategy including a schedule for production, budget and plan for implementation on each platform. This will include overseeing the development of a new website for AmNews that can support multimedia work and serve all the back end needs of publishing and audience analytics; expanding our current social media presence with an emphasis on growing our audience; and creating a robust opportunity for dialogue with our community.
In addition to being responsible for distribution of and engagement with our journalism on all digital platforms the Digital Editor will also be asked to develop live virtual events that will bring our audience together with our journalists, civic and business leaders and newsmakers.
This is a job for someone who has both a vision and the ability to break new ground on how to reach and engage with a community around the issues that touch their lives but who is also someone who likes to roll up their sleeves and do the creative work of creating smart engaging digital content that inspires an audience to come back again and again.
The New York Amsterdam News remains the voice of one of the largest and most influential Black communities in the country and the world. It was founded in 1909 and has dedicated itself to journalistic excellence and presenting news and information that is invaluable to the Black community. Any candidate for this role should be equally passionate about our work and be able to put that mission at the forefront of the work they do in helping us serve our community in a new era.
Compensation: $75k for a one-year contract position.
Candidates experienced in remote working who live outside the NYC region will be considered if they have knowledge of or connection to the communities we serve. Interested candidates should apply by emailing an up to date resume and one page cover letter to amnewsjobs2020@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is 5pm EDT on July 24th 2020. No phone calls.
The Amsterdam News highly encourages members from historically underrepresented groups in media to apply. The Amsterdam News is an equal opportunity employer. We are a diverse community and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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