Online & Social Media Editor at Kenya Red Cross Society

HR/CROSS/07/2018 

Reporting to the Head of Content, the Online & Social Media Editor will be responsible for the following:

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of digital strategy of the channel
• Lead the implementation of digital strategy
• Analyze digital media consumption of target audience, and proactively react on trends, digital needs both in platform and content point of view
• Ensure the extension of on-air TV contents on all digital platforms and manage online news coverage
• Take responsibility for the news areas of the website, ensuring consistent high quality, good writing, visuals and timely uploads
• Research and cover news stories, features, specialist interviews and other original contents
• Originate new ideas, and propose ways how to use social media platforms to inform and to engage target audience
• Identify and deploy influencers to interact and engage with KRCS

Required Experience and skills:

• 3 years of online news editing
• Graduate in journalism, communications or technology
• Comfortable with writing, journalism and technology
• A thorough knowledge of news and current affairs in the Kenya, Africa and internationally
• In depth and extensive understanding of news, a good instinct for a story, knowledge of visual layout, photography and video
• Experience and high-level interest in digital developments and trends
• Must be able to use a web publishing software
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Strong social media skills.