ACBJ
Editor in Chief
ACBJ, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96814
Duties and ResponsibilitiesDuties and Responsibilities, work schedules and/or location may change based on evolving business needs.
Create content and product vision. The EIC must define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our portfolio of products, including the existing weekly print newspaper, daily emails, website and, soon, tablet and mobile.
Change agent. Must drive staff adaptation to new mediums, new platforms, new skill sets, new story forms, new ways of doing things. Persuasively, diplomatically, strategically, the EIC must guide the business journal operation into new markets, new competencies, and new areas of opportunity.
Newsroom leader. It is paramount that the EIC take a proactive, hands-on approach in developing and leading the reporting staff. Our ability to produce products that connect with our audiences stems directly from the EIC's interaction with, and direction of, the reporting team.
Audience. The Office of the Editor and, by extension, the EIC, shares cross-departmental responsibility for growing our print, digital and event audiences. This demands a tight relationship with our audience through blogging and Editor's Notebooks.
Ensure vitality of print through thoughtful packaging, long-form journalism, exclusive interviews.
Management. Work with other department heads, create business and marketing plans for the company.
Seek out content syndication channels and partnerships for Business Journal content.
National editorial and News Initiatives - EIC will be the primary newsroom conduit between the local market and ACBJ-corporate.
Meet or exceed goals relating to audience-engagement such as page views, unique users, repeat visits, direct traffic, social media followings and growth, paid print subscribership, email newsletter circulation growth, event attendance, and other such measures.
Regularly participate in and attend Business Journal sponsored events.
Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).
Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 5 - 7 years of management and/or team leadership experience required.
Daily, and preferably, weekly print experience for a business news operation.
Experience working in an online news environment.
Beat reporter experience.
Inspiring, yet diplomatic.
Innovative, curious, collaborative.
Eager to connect directly with readers/audience.
Must be comfortable and thrive in rapidly changing and uncharted media environment.
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Create content and product vision. The EIC must define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our portfolio of products, including the existing weekly print newspaper, daily emails, website and, soon, tablet and mobile.
Change agent. Must drive staff adaptation to new mediums, new platforms, new skill sets, new story forms, new ways of doing things. Persuasively, diplomatically, strategically, the EIC must guide the business journal operation into new markets, new competencies, and new areas of opportunity.
Newsroom leader. It is paramount that the EIC take a proactive, hands-on approach in developing and leading the reporting staff. Our ability to produce products that connect with our audiences stems directly from the EIC's interaction with, and direction of, the reporting team.
Audience. The Office of the Editor and, by extension, the EIC, shares cross-departmental responsibility for growing our print, digital and event audiences. This demands a tight relationship with our audience through blogging and Editor's Notebooks.
Ensure vitality of print through thoughtful packaging, long-form journalism, exclusive interviews.
Management. Work with other department heads, create business and marketing plans for the company.
Seek out content syndication channels and partnerships for Business Journal content.
National editorial and News Initiatives - EIC will be the primary newsroom conduit between the local market and ACBJ-corporate.
Meet or exceed goals relating to audience-engagement such as page views, unique users, repeat visits, direct traffic, social media followings and growth, paid print subscribership, email newsletter circulation growth, event attendance, and other such measures.
Regularly participate in and attend Business Journal sponsored events.
Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).
Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 5 - 7 years of management and/or team leadership experience required.
Daily, and preferably, weekly print experience for a business news operation.
Experience working in an online news environment.
Beat reporter experience.
Inspiring, yet diplomatic.
Innovative, curious, collaborative.
Eager to connect directly with readers/audience.
Must be comfortable and thrive in rapidly changing and uncharted media environment.
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