The Senior Editorial Planning Producer leads the planning team on a day
to day basis to enable our editorial teams deliver unique reporting in
long- and short-term coverage of global and national trends, news events
and social and political developments in line with the signature voice
and concerns of the AJ+ brand.
This position will also require supervising the acquisition of
Newsgathering assets such as interviews, and working on various
partnerships with other media organizations and NGOs in producing
content with other editorial teams at AJ+. The Senior Editorial Planning
producer must effectively support the Head of Planning in implementing
the daily and long-term agenda of editorial priorities, assuring that
AJ+ is across all upcoming relevant news events and across special
coverage of important world and regional events.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with planning team members in creation of prospects (daily,
weekly, monthly, yearly) and special coverage strategy
- Work with editorial teams on projects based on news prospects and
special events, and support them with newsgathering preparation
- Support Head of Planning in finalizing all planning schedules on a
weekly, monthly and annually basis
- Work with editorial and engagement teams in finalization of
production schedules and projects
- Work with production staff and ensure editorial resources are
directed to priority stories
- Assist in finding editorial partners and supporting/managing
partnerships
- Lead communications between Audience Development team and Planning
Department
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with external partners
- Guide the efforts of planning producers and associate producers
- Work closely with Audience Development team on AJ+ coverage,
prospects, and special events.
- Work closely with all other Editorial departments at AJ+ in planning
of AJ+ coverage of world and U.S. events
- Engage with audience on social media in professional manner while
following network guidelines
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor Degree in journalism, communication or related fieds
- 7 years’ experience within related field
- Sound editorial judgment of Global Issues
- Sound leadership and communication abilities.
- Mastery over the social media landscape.
- Experienced in managing large social media campaigns.
- Experienced and good copy editor.