Lee Enterprises
Digital Editor-Lincoln, NE Job at Lee Enterprises in Lincoln
Lee Enterprises, Lincoln, NE, United States
Digital Editor
The Lincoln Journal Star is seeking a digital editor to join the best newsroom in Nebraska's capital city.
We are looking for a social media specialist with good news judgment, strong editing skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks. We also want someone who can anticipate which stories will engage readers across the breadth of our coverage - Husker sports, entertainment, lifestyle and news.
In this key position, you would:
The ideal candidate will be team-oriented, strategic and creative. A bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field is preferred and a minimum of one year of digital journalism is required.
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs, which includes medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability and company-provided life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401k retirement plan with a company match. We also offer generous paid time off to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 70 plus markets in more than 20 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we participate in E-Verify. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply at https://lee.net/careers/ and search for Lincoln. Be sure to include a cover letter, resume, and links to clip (or clips) of your work.
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The Lincoln Journal Star is seeking a digital editor to join the best newsroom in Nebraska's capital city.
We are looking for a social media specialist with good news judgment, strong editing skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks. We also want someone who can anticipate which stories will engage readers across the breadth of our coverage - Husker sports, entertainment, lifestyle and news.
In this key position, you would:
- Coordinate and publish digital content on the website and craft creative social media content on other digital platforms
- Identify multimedia opportunities on stories and help produce short videos, create graphics and build photo galleries to drive reader engagement
- Use analytics to help generate story ideas and contribute to planning news coverage
- Work as part of a team with other editors to determine long-term and daily content plans
- Recognize breaking news stories, helping edit and post them quickly
- Write engaging SEO-friendly headlines and summaries appealing to current and potential audience members
- Engage with those who interact with our work on social media
- Use analytics to guide decisions and to determine strategy to attract digital readers and educate reporters and other editors on best practices
The ideal candidate will be team-oriented, strategic and creative. A bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field is preferred and a minimum of one year of digital journalism is required.
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs, which includes medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability and company-provided life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401k retirement plan with a company match. We also offer generous paid time off to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 70 plus markets in more than 20 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we participate in E-Verify. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply at https://lee.net/careers/ and search for Lincoln. Be sure to include a cover letter, resume, and links to clip (or clips) of your work.
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