News Editor

The News Editor is Light Reading’s industry-facing key contact, responsible for maintaining relationships with our top customers and service providers, ensuring the company is constantly taking the pulse of the industry. This engagement would occur through news coverage, written and video interviews, social media, events and other outreach methods.

The News Editor is also responsible for the editorial integrity of LightReading.com, helping to define and oversee the content direction for the publication. The News Editor will report to Light Reading’s Managing Editor and will be part of Light Reading’s Executive Leadership team.

Key responsibilities

The News Editor is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:

• Be based in California’s Silicon Valley or have ability to travel to the area every 8-10 weeks for 2-4 days of work.
• Be the industry-facing key contact for our customers and end-users.
• Engage with the industry continuously, through news coverage, written and video interviews, conference attendance and other outreach.
• File news stories and opinion columns at regular, predictable intervals.
• Vet and assign early morning stories, to ensure breaking news is being covered in a timely fashion.
• Assign and oversee follow up coverage for large-scale breaking news, as necessary.
• Manage the day-to-day process of Light Reading’s various newsletters.
• Have daily end-of-day email communication with Light Reading’s Managing Editor and International Editor with a list of what’s been accomplished that day and what needs to be addressed by the international and East Coast editorial teams the following morning.
• Help maintain the look-and-feel of the LR front page, particularly the top carousel of featured stories, which should include at least one new element every day.
• Ensure all articles meet Light Reading's standards in terms of style, quality and tone.
• Be responsible for daily stats on the site: Traffic, page views, engagement and registrations.
• Develop and maintain a day-to-day understanding of how the Light Reading website ebbs and flows with traffic.
• Maintain responsibility for Light Reading’s CxO video series.
• Participate in Light Reading conferences and events as chair or co-chair, when needed.
• Participate in sponsored video opportunities (Innovator Videos) at least once per quarter.
• Participate in sponsored webinars as a moderator on a semi-regular basis, and as needed.
• Recruit freelancers as necessary, primarily for coverage of events.
• Work with Managing Editor to assign beats to Light Reading editors, making sure all-important areas of technology and service provider business are covered. Review beat assignments on a bi-monthly basis with the Managing Editor for overall alignment.
• Work closely with the Managing Editor to ensure effective resources are in place to support the publication.
• Contribute and execute ideas for audience development; find ways to drive audiences to sites and newsletters.
• Have weekly communication with sales leadership to coordinate and understand potential business opportunities and where coverage can shift.
• Contributing to the overall management of the business through the Light Reading leadership team.
• With the International Editor and the Managing Editor, will jointly development an annual editorial budget proposal to be shared with the management team and have the responsibility of maintaining that budget through the year.
• Continuous content development and distribution.

• General duty to and care of colleagues.
• Work collaboratively across teams/businesses.
• Act as a role model to others.

• Ability to act with integrity, tact and diplomacy with sensitive and confidential information and handle it safely and securely.
• Motivates, inspires and acts as a leader amongst your department and your peers.
• Excellent, proactive communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both internally and externally.
• A proven track record of delivering high performance both personally and commercially.
• Manages cost and grows revenue effectively.
• Adept at managing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.
• Understands the impact of change both locally and in the global environment.
• Looks to find the root cause of issues and knowledge of when quick wins or long-term solutions are appropriate.
• Uses measurements and data alongside intuition when problem solving.
• Influential and able to communicate rationale behind thought processes.
• Self-motivated, driven and open to new challenges.
• Ability to remain calm and focused while under pressure.
• Immersive and impactful presentation skills.