Yahoo! is a true web pioneer - founded 15 years ago to help people make sense of the internet. Today, across the globe, over 550 million people use Yahoo! every month. As the web expands we continue to build innovative and imaginative experiences that are uniquely Yahoo! We do it each and every day and you could too. Now’s the time to show the world what you’ve got. Put your ideas to work and help half a billion people get more from the internet than they every imagined.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate has to:
· Ensure the availability of editorial effort to serve audience needs across a range of channels
· Leads the commissioning, development and production plans of seasonal editorial coverage.
· Deliver on the strategies and editorial policies
· Drive the localization and production tasks that are critical for the right product experience.
· Ensure content and feature freshness and relevancy on a daily basis
· Manage content partners to ensure that content is high quality and relevant.
· Check content constantly and ensure partners are working to Yahoo! standards
· Co-ordinates with the relevant departments in Yahoo! to ensure alignment with best practice
· Identify new content sources and support product management and business development on content acquisition
· Work closely with internal sales, marketing and product teams as well as external partners
· Represent local market requirements to the business and product managers
· Work closely with head of Audience to best serve local segments
· Train staff in best practices in different areas including compliance
· Contribute ideas to content and product development
· Meet targets and deliver on various performance indicators
· Manage escalated issues from the editorial teams and in consultation with legal, marketing and sales
· Streamline editorial processes for operational efficiency
· Improve the editorial guidelines for own markets and ensuring the follow on implementation of changes and updates in the local market(s) to align with market business objectives
· Manage the Editorial Team Leads and ensuring the delivery of goals
· Conduct Team Lead reviews (Monthly and quarterly, performance and Focal reviews) and give feedback; contributing to development planning
· Manage the recruitment of Editors and the induction of new hires
· Lead the performance management review process and development planning of Editors in the team
Requirements:
· English as a mother tongue or equivalent
· Competency in English both written and verbal
· Strong editorial skills
· Working knowledge of Arabic preferable (reading and comprehension)
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Experience in managing teams
· Experience in a senior editorial role in a website (minimum 2 years)
· Experience in assigning and commissioning content from various sources
· Good knowledge of the internet and the online media environment
· Good understanding of social media
· Presentation skills and strong deadline management
· Great team player and relationship-builder
· Flexible and adaptable to fit a constantly moving industry
· University degree or equivalent required
Location: Dubai Internet City
Contact Information:
For submissions: apply at Yahoo career site
Website: http://www.yahoo.com/
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate has to:
· Ensure the availability of editorial effort to serve audience needs across a range of channels
· Leads the commissioning, development and production plans of seasonal editorial coverage.
· Deliver on the strategies and editorial policies
· Drive the localization and production tasks that are critical for the right product experience.
· Ensure content and feature freshness and relevancy on a daily basis
· Manage content partners to ensure that content is high quality and relevant.
· Check content constantly and ensure partners are working to Yahoo! standards
· Co-ordinates with the relevant departments in Yahoo! to ensure alignment with best practice
· Identify new content sources and support product management and business development on content acquisition
· Work closely with internal sales, marketing and product teams as well as external partners
· Represent local market requirements to the business and product managers
· Work closely with head of Audience to best serve local segments
· Train staff in best practices in different areas including compliance
· Contribute ideas to content and product development
· Meet targets and deliver on various performance indicators
· Manage escalated issues from the editorial teams and in consultation with legal, marketing and sales
· Streamline editorial processes for operational efficiency
· Improve the editorial guidelines for own markets and ensuring the follow on implementation of changes and updates in the local market(s) to align with market business objectives
· Manage the Editorial Team Leads and ensuring the delivery of goals
· Conduct Team Lead reviews (Monthly and quarterly, performance and Focal reviews) and give feedback; contributing to development planning
· Manage the recruitment of Editors and the induction of new hires
· Lead the performance management review process and development planning of Editors in the team
Requirements:
· English as a mother tongue or equivalent
· Competency in English both written and verbal
· Strong editorial skills
· Working knowledge of Arabic preferable (reading and comprehension)
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Experience in managing teams
· Experience in a senior editorial role in a website (minimum 2 years)
· Experience in assigning and commissioning content from various sources
· Good knowledge of the internet and the online media environment
· Good understanding of social media
· Presentation skills and strong deadline management
· Great team player and relationship-builder
· Flexible and adaptable to fit a constantly moving industry
· University degree or equivalent required
Location: Dubai Internet City
Contact Information:
For submissions: apply at Yahoo career site
Website: http://www.yahoo.com/
