posted on : 1 month ago

Industry : Print /Digital Media Job Function : Editorial Content

Job Experience Level : Senior Level

Minimum Years of Experience : 5

Minimum Academic Qualification : Bachelor

Job Summary

The Head of Quality is responsible for maintaining the highest editorial standards across print and digital platforms. The role oversees sub-editing operations, ensuring accuracy, clarity, consistency, legal compliance, and timely publication of content

Full Job Description

Editorial Quality & Standards

• Edit, refine, and approve copy for print and digital platforms, ensuring accuracy, balance, grammar, style, and clarity.
• Enforce house style, editorial guidelines, and ethical journalism standards.
• Ensure headlines, captions, standfirsts, and pull quotes are accurate, compelling, and platform-appropriate.
• Verify facts, figures, names, and sources to minimise corrections and legal risk.

Print & Digital Production

• Oversee daily print pagination and digital publishing workflows.
• Adapt content for different formats, including web, mobile, and social media.
• Work closely with designers, production teams, and digital editors to meet deadlines.
• Ensure stories are optimised for digital consumption, including SEO best practices.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and manage the sub-editing team, allocating workloads and managing shifts.
• Mentor and train digital editors, sub-editors, and junior editorial staff.
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to skills development planning.
• Foster a culture of accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Newsroom Coordination

• Liaise with reporters, section editors, photographers, and multimedia teams to improve story quality.
• Participate in editorial meetings and contribute to content planning.
• Flag potential editorial, ethical, or legal issues and escalate when necessary.

Legal & Ethical Compliance

• Ensure compliance with media laws, defamation standards, and editorial ethics.
• Work with legal advisers on sensitive or high-risk stories.
• Ensure corrections and clarifications are handled promptly and transparently.