dpa English Services GmbH
Editor (m/f/d)
Sydney, 2000, New South Wales
Advertising, Arts & Media / Journalism & Writing
Full time
Posted 16/04/2025
Closes 16/05/2025
We are looking for a full-time News Editor in Sydney.
Benefits
- An independent role in a varied and exciting work environment
- An open working atmosphere thanks to flat hierarchies and great colleagues
- Grow with us: We will support your professional and personal development with tailored training and continuing education opportunities
Task & Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate and drive the coverage of stories from all over the world
- Work closely with reporters in the field to get accurate news to the wire quickly
- Communicate with our desk in Berlin
- Cooperate very closely with the English, Spanish and Arabic services
- Write articles under deadline pressure
- Translate stories from English and, ideally, also from Spanish into German
- Manage our website, communicate with our clients, select photos, choose and translate infographics, tweet breaking news, support our video production.
Qualification & Experience
- Bachelor degree or 5 years relevant experience
- The ability to recognize and develop newsworthy stories of global interest and write accurately under pressure
- Strong organizational skills
- Outstanding communication skills
- Advanced-level professional competency in German and English language
- Ability to read and translate news articles into German;
- Ability to communicate to colleagues in written and spoken German, take part in meetings held in German
About Company
The German Press Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949 and is one of the world's leading independent news agencies. dpa provides media, companies and organizations with editorial content. This includes texts, photos, videos, graphics, audio clips and other formats. As an internationally active agency, dpa reports in seven languages. Around 1,000 journalists work from around 150 locations in Germany and abroad. dpa's shareholders are around 170 German media companies. The dpa editorial team works according to the principles laid down in the dpa statutes: independently of world views, commercial enterprises or governments.