French Issue Editor

Skills and experience required:

• Higher education (journalism or philology is desirable);
• Fluent French and English;
• At least 3 years’ experience as a print or online editor;
• Experience as an editor/journalist on economic and political subject;
• Knowledge of the cultural characteristics of France and the local newspaper media market;
• Good computer skills (experience using the Incopy publishing software would be an asset);
• Personal skills: commitment, responsible attitude, creative approach, attention, diligence, ambition, willingness to work and learn.

Responsibilities:

• Participating in the development and implementation of short-term and long-term editorial plans;
• Selecting relevant topics for editorial coverage (for all platforms: print insert, website) based on the regional mass media and events in Russia;
• Ensuring uninterrupted content filling and control of the maintenance of an accountable site: the offer of subjects, the headings, new forms, interaction with the web editor and the social media manager, control of updating for increasing in a traffic and achievement targets KPI (key performance indicators).
• Interacting with the partner newspaper in France;
• Preparing synopsis of the print insert (and obtaining its approval from the partner newspaper);
• Adapting articles to the French audience with due account to the appropriate stylistic and cultural preferences and traditions of local journalism;
• Forming columns of the print insert (selecting the appropriate layout);
• Interacting with the photo service to select graphics to accompany the materials;
• Contributing to the resolution of issues associated with artistic, graphic and technical design of the publication;
• Searching for and interacting with authors;
• Coordinating the activities of editorial teams in Moscow and in the partner publisher country;
• Literary editing of articles (in Russian), abridging articles prior to translation, monitoring the quality of translation;
• Meeting editing time schedules (including the editing of digital versions);
• Collecting feedback to the insert from various sources;
• Interacting with the marketing department in the promotion and development of the supervised products (print, online).

Terms:

• Salary negotiated individually;
• Сorporate SIM card;
• Creative multilingual team;
• Opportunities for professional growth.

Contact information:careers@rbth.com