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Editor of Remarkable Content

at Comparison Finder
Location Sydney, Australia
Date Posted Jul 14, 2011
Category Content / Editorial
Job Type Full-Time

Description

Comparison Finder is looking for an editor to work with our publishers across our comparison websites to create remarkable content and build our readership and user engagement rates.

Key responsibilities

● Create remarkable content that people can’t help but read and share
● No matter what the topic, make the content piece educational, interesting and entertaining to read
● Able to manage all types of content creation including:
○ Text
○ Diagrams and images
○ Infographic
○ Video
○ Animation
○ Comic and Cartoon
● Know how to make a piece of content beautiful and easy to read
● Know how to dissect a topic into its granular bits and remake it into eye catching and interesting reading that viewers can’t help but read through
● Comfortable with leveraging a team of writers but also happy to lay down text when its required
● Able to recruit, grade and review writers
● Interviewing people in a range of different circumstances;
● Building contacts to maintain a flow of news, e.g. Finance Journalists, authors, expert personal finance bloggers, the RBA, government finance contacts, community groups, health trusts, press officers from a variety of organisations, the general public, etc.
● Seeking out and investigating stories via your contacts, press releases and other media
● Attending press conferences, networking events and asking questions
● Answering the phones on the news desk and reacting to breaking news stories
● Working closely with graphic designers, video producers, animators, photographers and editors
● Producing concise and accurate copy according to strict deadlines
● Researching and writing longer feature articles for all our sites
● Creating and uploading news content for the websites

You have the following traits

● Finance knowledge to write and create comprehensive content. You might not understand all of the niches of finance but you know how to make finance interesting.
● Demonstrated experience in any personal finance fields
● Experience writing on business and finance topics
● Tertiary Education in journalism, English or communications
● Journalistic skills and ability to promote content and stories to the media
● Ability to deeply investigate topics and produce comprehensive and remarkable content pieces about them
● You can create breaking news and PR worthy content piecs - a bit of creativity is ideal!
● Keen to be part of a growing fast paced Internet publishing business
● You love creating remarkable content that people can’t help but remark to others about
● You are proactive and want to achieve
● You understand the importance of detail when it comes to writing about sensitive topics
● You are creative but understand how to work in a framework
● You know how to inspire and guide others that you work with
● You are happy to burn the midnight oil and make magic happen on the Internet


What can we provide you

● A passionate and cool start-up culture and working environment
● An opportunity to be part of a growing Internet company looking to make waves in Australia
● All the resources that you need to be successful and achieve amazing results
● A balance of work and life
● Sydney CBD based location close to all forms of transport
● A steady stream of engaging, challenging and rewarding projects.
● Generous salary that reflects your individual experience and abilities.
● As much soda or Redbull as you can drink


If you are keen to create remarkable content, please write to myself Jeremy Cabral, onlinemarketingguns@hiveempire.com.

Please provide me with your recent content pieces you are most proud of and a personal note as to why you would want to work with us at Comparison Finder.

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