Production Editor, Sports
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Full Time
Editorial
Mid Level
About the Team:
The SCMP sports desk covers a wide range of sports across the region, highlighting the achievements of athletes at all levels. Like those we report on, the team is a combination of all-rounders and specialists, with experience built up from working across the world.
Purpose of the Position:
Deliver the best coverage for dedicated desk for a global audience through our print and online editions.
In this role, you will:
- Generating live content for the SCMP sports section on the website
- Story telling and editing, serving both digital and print operations
- Keen ability to get to the heart of a story quickly and clearly, highlighting the stakes for a global audience
- Ensuring all stories have accurate and eye-catching visual elements, content is distributed and consumed on different devices and platforms (mobile, social media, news aggregators)
- Producing multimedia packages and driving social media engagement
Skills and Experience that will lead to success:
- Minimum 4 years of experience in sports in a real-time online news operation, wire service or a newspaper.
- Awareness of media law and legal dangers, and of social media as a news dissemination tool. Audience-focused with excellent understanding of international markets
- Strong knowledge of a variety of sport and understanding of the terminology used
- Can-do attitude with excellent English skills and zero tolerance for grammatical errors, spelling and improper story structure
- Solid news judgment and the ability to communicate clearly and concisely. Chinese-language skills an advantage
Work location will be at Causeway Bay office.
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