Senior Writer, Culture

About the Team:

Culture produces in-depth, up-to-date and authoritative content on a wide range of culture and lifestyle topics including Chinese culture, health & wellness, food & drink, arts & entertainment, and travel.

Purpose of the Position:

• Produce original, engaging and accurate culture and lifestyle content that informs, educates and entertains.
• Produce a wide range of culture and lifestyle content that meets specific user needs.
• Work with the team to meet departmental goals in driving online traffic and user subscription conversion.

In this role, you will: 

• Regularly write stories – from listicles and explainers to spot news and long-form features – based on research and interviews you conducted.
• Work with subject editors on the desk to generate content for their sections, and regularly come up with your own story ideas for both online and print.
• Work on well-researched and well-sourced stories that are of high journalistic standards and quality.
• Work closely with colleagues on Production, Photography, Design and Video to best present your stories online and in print. Always meet production deadlines.
• Maintain the desk’s social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, X and YouTube and help boost the desk’s social media presence on these platforms. 

Skills and Experience that will lead to success:

• At least 10 years’ experience in journalism, preferably in English language media.
• Excellent news sense and a knack for feature writing and good storytelling.
• Proficiency in both Chinese and English, spoken and written preferrable.
• Social media savvy.
• Good interpersonal skill.
• Familiarity of Chinese culture preferable.

Work location will be at Causeway Bay office.

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