News & Audience Director

The Detroit Free Presspart of theUSA TODAY NETWORK has an immediate opening for a full-time news & audience director to catapult this award-winning newsroom to new heights of audience growth and impactful journalism. The news & audience director is a senior leadership role that reports to the newspapers editor and works in tandem with the digital director. He/She will lead a team of news and enterprise reporters charged with breaking news and responding to major news events relevant to Free Press audiences in one of the most dynamic news markets in the are seeking a transformational leader who will help shape and implement the news vision for Detroit while working with other newsroom leaders to set and execute coverage priorities especially for major news events. This senior editor has a track record of winning in a competitive news environment and guiding revelatory news and enterprise work; this editor also knows how to retain loyal audiences and cultivate new senior editor will help drive the tone and tenor of the digital report by working with both editors and reporters to make strategic decisions about daily coverage. The optimal candidate for this position is a dynamic leader with top-tier news judgement and advanced digital literacy. The news & audience director has a solid grasp of audience acquisition strategies and will work with other leaders to maintain a mix of content that elevates the Detroit Free Press in metro Detroit and the state of the news & audience director you will:Serve as a first responder to breaking news editing a team of working reporters to deliver fast accurate relevant and audience-focused stories for grammar style clarity SEO and engagement ensuring every piece meets Free Press across teams to shape coverage on a wide range of topics from politics and celebrity news to wellness and personal the lead on developing stories and major news events making smart editorial decisions and pivoting quickly as priorities : Manages the breaking news desk and facilitating and executing our strategy for major news the news organization in covering topics and issues most important to key Free Press audiences. Works with senior leaders and digital optimization team members to adjust content direction to align with audience trends. Oversees content strategy aggressively using data and leveraging audience analysts to make sure content decisions focus on the needs of the target the content creation team and works collaboratively with the digital production team to ensure a steady flow of quality content to provide the right elements on the right platforms at the right real-time metrics to develop a clear picture of audience excellent customer service helping readers find answers and the newspaper to community leaders and members of the :Bachelors degree in communications journalism or related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and than five years of frontline editing proficiency in applying analytics to content communication and collaboration to deadline-driven planning and organizational media and SEO -motivation and line-editing people-management problem-solving and out-of-the-box Instructions:We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply dont limit your upload to a resume; show us what youve done. To do so put together a single document file that includes the following in this order:Your resume one to two pages.A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what youve produced or had a hand in that best reflects what you can do in your desired is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.#Newsgnt#LI-CB1