Editor Wanted for City Weekend Shanghai’s Parents & Kids and Home & Office Magazines

14 May 2010
Editor Wanted for City Weekend Shanghai’s Parents & Kids and Home & Office Magazines
Salary RMB 12,000 per month

City Weekend Shanghai is hiring a full-time Editor to manage both our Parents & Kids and Home & Office Magazines in Shanghai. In addition, the successful editor will have responsibilities managing content for our brand new Family website and supporting our Shanghai Entertainment Guide. These publications directly serve Shanghai’s dynamic community of families as well as property owners and renters. Parents & Kids comes out every other month (6 times a year), Home & Office comes out quarterly (4 times a year).

We are looking for editorial candidates with the usual qualifications:

* Native English speaker
* 2 years editorial/writing experience
* Mandarin ability
* Demonstrated leadership ability
* Detail oriented
* Deadline obsessive
* Likes kids

EVEN MORE THAT THAT, we are looking for an editor with the drive to run an entire publication from top to bottom, from print to web and web to print.

City Weekend uses the latest technology to publish our magazines. We use the Woodwing system, have a fully-functional photo database and we leverage our innovative user-generated website (www.cityweekend.com.cn) to allow editors to achieve maximum efficiency.

We can do this because City Weekend is owned by Ringier, a Swiss publishing group with 175 years of history. You will be supported by a full staff of designers, sales, photographers , bloggers and IT personnel. This is an excellent opportunity to put your editorial/media career into high gear. Competitive salary commensurate with experience, full medical benefits and expense budget included.

Send CV and statement of interest to Lee Mack at leemack@cityweekend.com.cn. Position closes May 31.

(More information HERE.)
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