[HN][Agency] We Create Content: Looking for Managing Editor / Brand Editor

Who are we?

We Create Content is a content marketing and PR agency. With premium content marketing concepts, production, distribution and measurement, we help brands tell stories to meet their business objectives. We’re a small agency looking to make a big splash in Vietnam’s content marketing industry. The successful managing editor will play a vital role in helping us achieve this.

What’s the role?

The Managing Editor will conceptualise, discuss, draft, write, commission and edit copy (and video executions) based on specific client demands for We Create Content and its client portfolio. They will also liaise with the clients and manage a network of creatives to ensure all deadlines are met and to the high standards We Create Content demands, and on/under budget.

All content will need to be punchy, well-researched, creative, and on-brand/tone for the client. What’s more, it will be presented across different channels -- web, social, email, print -- and retain high engagement levels. This means the Managing Editor will need to know what type of content is works for which audiences globally, and then implement trends and tactics on a domestic level for clients of We Create Content.

Reporting to?

This role will be reporting to the Managing Director of We Create Content, with lines into the General Director and Creative Director. Freelance copywriters, photographers and videomakers will report into the Managing Editor, who will also be working with an in house designer and art director.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage content plan/schedule for social media, web channels (wordpress) and email Ensure content is published on behalf of clients according to agreed content plan/ strategy

Maintain quality content that is on-brand, varying in styles and tight in both English and Vietnamese - this may require a Vietnamese assistant/sub editor.

Optimise all engaging content for a digital, social and print platforms

Oversee production and distribution budgets of all content - including social, KOLs, email, etc.

Manage freelance copywriters, photographers, video-makers and creatives

Work with the client when necessary to manage the approval process

Attend client meetings weekly to outline plans and report progress

Produce monthly content reports - what worked, what didn’t, how to improve

Successful candidates will have:

1. Experience in managing editorial teams, calendars and publishing English and Vietnamese content for web and social media - with CMS experience preferred.

2. Leadership and management skills to ensure all work is of the highest standard and sent to the client / published on time.

3. Ability to get on with projects, and take initative, ownership and responsibility.

4. Desire and commitment to see projects through, maintaining premium quality throughout.

5. First class attention to detail and the hunger to always do better.

6. Clear communication both verbally and written, in English and Vietnamese.

7. Spotted the spelling error in this document ;)

Want to know more about the agency: https://www.facebook.com/wecreatecontent.vn

Applications with CVs should be sent to: [email protected] with Subject: MANAGING EDITOR APPLICATION- Your name.