About the Role

As Editor, Global News Desk you will:

Write and edit breaking news stories from around the globe whilst producing clean, engaging stories at speed.

Copy edits longer initiative stories for a global audience that may take a few days.

Ensure every story is balanced and includes fair comment, alongside engaging visuals for the stories you're editing.

Collaborate with colleagues around the world.

Help drive innovation for news production and new ways of telling stories.

 
About You

You’re a fit for the role of Editor, Global News Desk if you:

Have demonstrable experience as a reporter or production editor (a track record in business or finance is a plus but by no means necessary).

Can write accurately and at speed. We're looking for someone with superb copy-editing skills which will include working with complex and legally and socially sensitive stories.

Have strong digital and multimedia expertise and familiarity with the needs of a digital audience; experience optimizing stories for search (SEO) and other platforms, as well as an understanding of analytics are a plus.

Possess the ability to cover topics for multiple audiences.

Have strong news judgment and ability to shape a story by asking smart questions and challenging premises.

Can remain calm under pressure, with the ability to make quick and sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Good communication skills, strong team ethic, diplomacy and collaboration.

Experience editing newsletters is a plus.

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What's in it for you

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth: 

Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities  

Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists 

Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days 

Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories. 

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.  

Reuters: The Real World in Real Time

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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