Senior News Editor – Fashion, Technology, Energy & Sustainability
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About the Role
SSG Events seeks a detail-oriented Senior News Editor to review, refine, fact-check, and approve news articles across fashion, technology, energy, and sustainability. The role requires at least 3 years of professional news editing experience and strong editorial judgment.
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Responsibilities
- Review and edit news articles prior to publication
- Verify facts, statistics, sources, and industry claims
- Ensure content is accurate, balanced, and publication ready
- Improve grammar, clarity, structure, and readability
- Maintain consistency in editorial style and tone
- Identify errors, inaccuracies, and unsupported statements
- Ensure headlines and summaries accurately represent article content
- Approve articles for publication or return them for revision
- Meet publishing deadlines while maintaining exceptional quality standards
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in news editing, proofreading, or editorial review
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Strong editing, proofreading, and fact checking skills
- Previous experience in journalism, publishing, media, communications, or editorial roles
- Ability to evaluate content quickly and accurately under deadlines
- Strong research and source verification skills
- High attention to detail and sound editorial judgment
- Comfortable reviewing content across multiple industries and topics
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Company Description
- SSG Events is a dynamic media and events organization part of a bigger international group that plans to produce high impact content and experiences across fashion, technology, energy, and sustainability.
Role Overview
- We are seeking a detail oriented News Editor & Content Quality Specialist to review, refine, fact check, and approve news articles before publication.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all content meets the highest standards of accuracy, readability, and editorial quality across a variety of sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and edit news articles prior to publication.
- Verify facts, statistics, sources, and industry claims.
- Ensure content is accurate, balanced, and publication ready.
- Improve grammar, clarity, structure, and readability.
- Maintain consistency in editorial style and tone.
- Identify errors, inaccuracies, and unsupported statements.
- Ensure headlines and summaries accurately represent article content.
- Approve articles for publication or return them for revision.
- Meet publishing deadlines while maintaining exceptional quality standards.
Coverage Areas
- Fashion and luxury
- Technology and innovation
- Energy and renewable energy
- Sustainability and ESG
- Business and entrepreneurship
- Startups and investment
- Consumer trends
- Global industry developments
- Lifestyle and future focused topics
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in news editing, proofreading, or editorial review.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Strong editing, proofreading, and fact checking skills.
- Previous experience in journalism, publishing, media, communications, or editorial roles.
- Ability to evaluate content quickly and accurately under deadlines.
- Strong research and source verification skills.
- High attention to detail and sound editorial judgment.
- Comfortable reviewing content across multiple industries and topics.
Compensation & Benefits
- AED 4,000–6,000 monthly base salary (depending on experience).
- Performance based bonus structure.
- Career growth and leadership opportunities.
- Opportunity to build and lead your own editorial team based on performance and results.
- Potential opportunities for international travel to attend industry conferences.
- Exposure to global trends and leading companies across fashion, technology, energy, sustainability, and business sectors.
- Long term development within a growing international publication.
Start Date
- Immediate hiring.
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