Managing Editor - Philippines

We are a global brand publishing agency with offices in London, Sao Paulo, Singapore and Jakarta. We create relevant, engaging and purpose-led digital content for premium brands. To date, we’ve published more than 50,000 articles and generated 100 million unique visitors to global client sites around the world. Our clients include Unilever, PepsiCo, Danone, Nestle and Jaguar.

We are looking for an experienced Managing Editor r to join an exciting new project. Working in a small team, you will have experience writing and editing articles and recipes around beverages (specifically alcoholic beverages), food and lifestyle editorial websites, and will help us create high-quality, relevant editorial articles, as well as SEO-optimised articles for our client.

Job Description

Manage editors and studio team

Define the content calendar for the upcoming project

Maintain a Wordpress website which operates as a newsroom model—writing, leading and overseeing publishing a high volume of written content and videos (produced in-house) per month

Planning and creating the article production and coordinating with the studio to ensure high quality and relevant imagery. Day-to-day client liaison and management – including attending client meetings and calls.

Guarantee production deadline and targets for the Indonesian food website

Write SEO-optimised-articles along with recipe/tasting/engaging videos based on the content plan, working along with the client on the review process

Organise and manage internal processes between teams and freelancers

Collaborate with the GPC team on the design of the project (including site sessions, categories and speech alignment), calendar planning, SEO and technical guidelines and execution, and content production

Implement, evaluate, and grow the content strategy, ensuring targets and KPIs are delivered across the market

Acting as a brand guardian, ensuring the highest and most resonant quality bar for all content at all time

Liaise with the studio team and ensure the photoshoot is done accordingly with the client’s needs

Qualifications

• Previous experience managing a department/hub
• Minimum 5 years of experience in crafting and curating content—completing high-quality content delivery under deadlines
• SEO knowledge is essential
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading and communication skills
• Awareness of content trends and news platforms—across all platforms—and awareness of commercial developments within these fields
• An organized and highly meticulous nature
• A creative mind with positive, can-do attitude