Could you become a Print or Digital Content Editor?
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What this job is
A Print or Digital Content Editor oversees the creation, refinement and publication of written or visual content for print media, websites, digital platforms or broadcast outlets in Australia. They assess submissions, commission writers and designers, copyedit material for clarity and accuracy, manage editorial calendars, and ensure compliance with Australian media standards and defamation law. The role spans news, magazines, online publications, corporate communications and specialist media.
Pay
A$1,722 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Adapt to type of mediacore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Correspondence Draftingcore
- Digital Literacycore
- Electronic Document Managementcore
- Feedback Collection and Actioningcore
- Follow newspaper house stylecore
- Interview peoplecore
- Participate in editorial meetingscore
- Perform background research on writing subjectcore
- Process Documentationcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Read manuscriptscore
- Research and Analysiscore
- Review unpublished articlescore
- Search enginescore
- Stakeholder Communicationcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Workflow Prioritisationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Communicate by telephone
- Consult information sources
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Develop professional network
- Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive)
- Interview techniques
- Media and information literacy
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
- Press law
- Process Improvement Identification
- Proofread text
- Record Management
- Rewrite manuscripts
- Scientific research methodology
- Search databases
- Use word processing software
- Verbal Communication
- Workload Self-Management
- Writing techniques