Digital Editor-Omaha, NE

Digital Editor-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
• Reporting and producing written content for The World-Herald's digital platforms, with a focus on timely, accurate reporting that can reach large audiences

To apply, upload a resume, your best news clips and a cover letter addressed to Executive Editor Ben Doody explaining how you would handle the job. All materials must be uploaded to Lee Enterprises job site (search for Omaha) to be considered.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we participate in Everify. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.

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