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Apple Weekend Editor Apple News UK United Kingdom, England, London 27438195
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Apple News+ offers hundreds of magazines and leading newspapers in one subscription.Applicants should have a strong sense of the news and sport landscape in the UK and US, a keen interest in journalism, awareness of the big running news stories, and be able to spot a snappy headline. You should also have an appreciation of what makes good features journalism: what readers want in a story, and what they would be prepared to pay for.
- Explain and provide context around sophisticated news stories, often on tight deadlines.- Create high-profile packages around key news moments and major issues.- Work from Thursday to Sunday – with Saturday and Sunday being the main focus.- Using analytics to test and sharpen ideas for features curation in the week ahead.
- Experience with curating breaking news for a national or international audience.
- A background in working in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
- You have strong editorial judgement and excellent headline writing skills.
- A deep familiarity with the UK and US media landscape – and major writers and journalists.
- You’ve worked in a variety of CMSs and social-media platforms, and have a keen understanding of the tools that support innovative editorial.
- You are proficient with data and analytics, and can responsibly incorporate user behaviour into your editorial strategy.
- Experience working at a magazine, and sub-editing would be a bonus.
- You have a keen feel for local news, and which publishers are strong across the various cities and regions of the UK.
- You have experience covering big moments in sport.
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