Digital Director-Omaha, NE

3 days ago

Omaha, Nebraska, United States Omaha World-Herald Full-time

Digital Director-Omaha, NE

The Omaha World-Herald is seeking a dynamic, hard-charging editor to help shape the newsroom's digital strategy and lead its next phase of growth. This is an opportunity to help mold the digital future for a newsroom based in a growing city recently named by Forbes as the No. 1 city in America to move to. The Omaha region has a ferocious appetite for local sports and a unique significance in the national political landscape. The person in this role will be a key player in growing The World-Herald's digital audience and subscriber base. We're seeking a hard-working, strategic thinker who thrives under pressure, can craft compelling, accurate headlines on tight deadlines, and embraces digital-focused storytelling and experimentation. Leadership experience is preferred. Successful candidates will be based in Omaha or willing to move to the metro area.

Responsibilities include:

shaping the next phase of digital growth with an emphasis on engaging, differentiated content and subscriber retention, editing and posting written content produced by other journalists, writing compelling headlines that can entice readers on multiple platforms, creating written and visual content for social media, producing and editing videos and podcasts, being a key, ongoing advocate for digital transformation, and reporting and producing written content for The World-Herald's digital platforms, with a focus on timely, accurate reporting that can reach large audiences.