Woodward Communications, Inc.
EDITOR IN CHIEF_
Woodward Communications, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53786
EDITOR IN CHIEFJob DetailsJob LocationIn Business - Madison, WIPosition TypeFull TimeEducation Level4 Year DegreeTravel PercentageNegligibleDescriptionOverall Responsibilities:+ Manage editorial department functions across all platforms: print, digital, and social media, with a focus on creating, producing, and maintaining high-quality journalism standards.+ Editor-in-chief role has community-facing responsibilities. These include:+ Participation and attendance in all IB Madison led public and private events+ Regular participation in other community and business centric events+ Forge and maintain cordial and professional relationships with local business leaders. These include public and privately held companies, non-profit organizations, government, and higher education institutions, as well as local chamber of commerce organizations.Specific Responsibilities:+ Develop short- and long-term direction and creative strategies for all editorial products, which promotes significant audience engagement, and growth across all platforms.+ Assign stories, photographs, photo captions and graphics — for print and digital assets — and edit this material for news value, accuracy, clarity and timeliness.+ Overall responsibility for daily e-newsletter publication.+ Check and/or review editorial material for libel, taste, style, accuracy, fairness and reader interest.+ Ensure that the Editorial staff are providing consistent and timely updates to the IB-Madison digital site, and associated social media accounts.+ Monitor regional and statewide business, government, and community news and associated issues relevant to our current and desired audience base.+ Assist with hiring, evaluating and training new employee owners across other departments.+ Manage editorial department budget. Monitor and report budget projections and variances.+ Maintain and process necessary records.+ Coordinate planning and production of editorial content, ensuring that standards of quality, editorial direction, and style are met for all products.+ Coach, train, and evaluate performance of editorial employee owners.+ Suggests and initiates programs and procedures to enhance products, efficiency and morale.+ Adheres to company and departmental policies.+ Adheres to standard practices and ethical standards of the industry.+ Positive representative of department, company and industry at all times.+ Attends and participates in corporate initiatives such as Great Game of Business, ESOP meetings, safety training, etc.+ Provides quality customer service via phone, email, and face-to-face interaction to both internal and external customers.+ Communicates information to the appropriate individuals and/or departments in a timely manner, such as news tips, source suggestions or real or potential customer-relations issues.+ In addition to editorial staff, Works in collaboration with all departments and staff.+ Other job-related duties as assigned.QualificationsBehavior:Commitment to quality and service. A leader and role model. A positive representative of the company, corporation and profession. A team player. Dresses appropriately for the job. Maintains a valid driver’s license.Skills:Planning, management and organization, editing, writing, spelling and grammar. Ability to track and incorporate analytics into news placement decisions. Ability to learn and use new technology. Meets deadlines.Knowledge:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Five years of media and/or publishing leadership experience.