BUSINESS SUMMARY
ABS-CBN Corporation is the Philippines' leading information and entertainment multimedia conglomerate. The Company is primarily involved in television and radio broadcasting, as well as in the production of television and radio programming for domestic and international audiences and other related businesses. ABS-CBN produces a wide variety of engaging, world-class entertainment programs that are aired on free-to-air television.
The Company is also one of the leading radio broadcasters, operating eighteen radio stations throughout the key cities of the Philippines. ABS-CBN provides news and entertainment programming for nine channels on cable TV and operates the country's largest cable TV service provider. The Company also owns the leading-cinema and music production and distribution outfits in the country. It brings its content to worldwide audiences via cable, satellite, online and mobile.
The Company has interests in content development and production, cable and satellite television services, merchandising and licensing, mobile and online multimedia services, glossy magazine publishing, video and audio post production, and overseas services, all of which complement and enhance ABS-CBN's strength in content production and distribution.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Section Editor will write and copy edit text articles, including text added to videos and images. He will prepare edited content (text or video) for mobile services, and will choose what content to push to MOBILE subscribers.
Duties and Responsibilities
a. Ensures that key sections of the site are updated with latest content
i. Selects video packages from material aired on TV, repurposes, optimizes and nominates same edited content to syndication partners, mobile, wap, and other platforms
b. Responsible for editing and publishing all types of content published in key news sections
i. Tags stories according to key subject matters, towards facilitating other ways to organize content
ii. Add links to related content within and outside the site and other graphics towards enhancing user experience
iii. Copy edits all the text-related content, including (a) all-text articles (b) text added to videos (c) others
iv. Do rough edits on raw videos
c. Selects and pushes content to other platforms, responsible for recommending and implementing improvements on assigned section. May be assigned to write section outlook if deputy editor is not on duty
d. Ensure that the video packages (already nicely edited by production staff of TV) from TV Patrol, CA and ANC are all in.
e. Ensures that all content published follow best practices in digital publishing
REQUIREMENTS
- Has excellent copy editing and writing skills.
- Has excellent news sense for content pushed to online and mobile platforms.
- Familiar with online platform. Preferably has presence in social media.
- Skilled not only in text, but also in video, graphics, and multimedia presentations
Preference will be given to candidates whoAPPLY ONLINE.
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