About the job

Weekends News Editor

Cointelegraph, the world-famous digital asset and crypto media, is looking for a News Editor who is able to work from 1am to 9am Eastern Time (it’s comfortable for Eastern Europe, Africa).

What are the benefits?

• Working with a world-known brand - with as many as 20 man visitors a month, we are the top 1 crypto media on the globe;
• Opportunity to write useful & popular posts read by a huge amount of people;
• Working for a stable and trustable organization that preserves the excitement and spirit of a startup;
• Opportunity to dig deeply into crypto industry and be aware of all the newest trends;
• Career opportunities: usually it’s the New Editor who's later on promoted to Main Editor;
• 100% remote work;
• Working days: 5 days a week (Wednesday to Sunday or Saturday to Wednesday);
• Working hours: 1am-9am (Eastern Time - New York). Comfortable for those who live in GMT+2, +3, +4, +5, +6.

Core duties:

1. Monitor and report on the latest news and announcements that come out over the weekend, without bias;
2. Quickly react to breaking news, turning around briefs of 100–150 words in no longer than 20 minutes;
3. Manage and produce longer featured stories that fit into the “weekend read” category;
4. Liaise with major companies, niche projects and stakeholders, doing interviews and sourcing original stories;
5. Writing headlines and social media copies that draw in readers; posting the newly published articles on social media;
6. Use our in-house style guide (a slightly modified variant of AP style) to copy and edit all content;
7. Spearhead creative new content styles.

Required qualifications:

1. Ability to learn on the fly and keep track of day-to-day news flow in a quickly evolving industry.
2. Deep knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry.
3. Expert English writing and editing skills.
4. Work well within a team and organization.
5. Strong skills in interviewing and building relationships with sources.
6. Relevant bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of work experience.

Preferred qualifications:

1. Experience in reporting on breaking news;
2. Experience in both working and publishing content without supervision;
3. Experience in managing a team of writers;
4. Non-English language skills are a plus, especially Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, Japanese or Russian;
5. A nose for a story and the instinct to ignore PR blitzes.