Managing Editor - Times of AI

Location: Hybrid (Dubai)
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the daily and weekly editorial calendar, assigning stories across news, insights, guides, and other site verticals.
• Edit and copy-edit articles for accuracy, clarity, structure, SEO, and adherence to house style before publication.
• Coordinate real-time coverage of breaking news and time‑sensitive developments relevant to the vertical.
• Manage the CMS publishing workflow (WordPress), including scheduling, categorisation, tagging, and featured‑image/metadata quality control.
• Supervise, coach, and give regular feedback to staff writers, reporters, and freelance contributors; set individual output targets.
• Ensure clear labelling and separation of press releases, sponsored posts, and editorial content per the site's Editorial Policy.
• Responsible for the comprehensive management and oversight of the Global Ai Show's event agenda
• Liaise with the Chief Editor on story approvals for sensitive, legal‑risk, or high‑visibility pieces.
• Track content performance (traffic, engagement, rankings) and adjust assignment priorities and headlines/structure accordingly.
• Coordinate with SEO, social media, and newsletter teams to ensure timely distribution of published content.
• Maintain the contributor/freelancer pipeline, including onboarding, style‑guide training, and invoice/payment coordination.

Requirements

• 5+ years of editorial experience in digital media, with at least 1–2 years in a story‑assigning or team‑lead capacity.
• Strong copy‑editing and headline‑writing skills, with an eye for SEO best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple writers and competing deadlines in a fast‑paced newsroom environment.
• Hands‑on experience with WordPress or a comparable CMS, plus basic familiarity with analytics tools (Google Analytics, Search Console).
• Solid understanding of journalistic sourcing, fact‑checking, and editorial ethics.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the specific subject matter covered by the site, sufficient to evaluate story pitches and technical accuracy.
• Experience managing a distributed team of freelance writers across time zones.
• Familiarity with structured data / SEO plugins (e.g., Yoast, Rank Math) and basic image‑optimisation workflows.
• Experience coordinating coverage around live events, product launches, or market‑moving news.

Success Metrics / KPIs

• Publishing cadence: number of stories published on schedule vs. planned calendar.
• Content quality: error/correction rate, average edit turnaround time.
• Team output: writer productivity, freelancer retention, and quality consistency.
• Performance: pageviews, average engagement time, and search ranking movement on managed content.

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