Lead Editor

Job description / Role

Our client is an Investment bank in Saudi Arabia that is currently looking for an experienced Lead Editor to join the Communications team. The incumbent is responsible for planning and delivering content using digital & social media. The incumbent is responsible for planning and delivering content using digital & social media.

Key Responsibilities:

• Improvise & develop editorial standards and set up goals and expectations for the firm.
• Responsible for interviewing executives & C-Suite management team to highlight the organization’s missions & goals.
• Apply new digital/social ways for delivering the right content to the audiences through social media, Newsletters, and Podcasts.
• Intercommunicate with teams across the organization to support website articles/content.
• Collaborate with website & creative agencies to develop creative content.

Requirements

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Journalism / Editorial Copywriting / Marketing or related field.
• Must have excellent verbal & written communication skills in English.
• 7+ years of experience in planning and managing editorials, storytelling, and content hubs.
• Knowledge of Google products Google Analytics, Google AdWords, and Google keywords planner is an added advantage.
• Experience in SEO is an added advantage.

About the Company

Madison Pearl (MP) is the search firm of choice amongst the leading financial services firms and legal firms for mid to senior level positions including C-suite searches.

Founded in 2015, we are a truly Global Executive Search Firm strategically based out of DIFC, UAE to focus on mid-senior level positions including C suite in the rapidly evolving regional financial markets; as well as developed markets such as US and Europe. We also have an office in Bahrain as an extension to our commitment to the region and to be close to our clients in Saudi Arabia & Kuwait. From our office in Dublin we cater to our clients in US and Europe. We service our APAC clients from our Hong Kong office. We also recently opened our first UK office in London.

Encompassing a wide umbrella of services including Contingent and Retained searches aswell as Market Intelligence, Compensation Benchmarking, Board Advisory and Leadership Consulting, we provide 360 degree customized solutions for our client’s Talent Acquisition, Succession Planning and Employee Retention needs.

We work in teams where knowledge is shared and the client solution discussed thoroughly from every angle. Our sector specialist consultants are passionate about providing comprehensive yet timely recruitment solutions to our clients ranging from a single key hire to an entire team build up, leveraging their solid knowledge and relationships in vertical markets.

Driving support from our dedicated in-house research team that meticulously devises a step by step search strategy to identify and attract talent pool via sourcing from our robust internal database coupled with head-hunting techniques.

Exhibiting an unrivalled track record in successfully placing and mobilizing world class talent from leading financial & banking firms from Developed, Emerging, Frontier &rapidly developing markets, our reputation for delivery is exemplary which has earned us the confidence of our clients’ as the most trusted go to search partner.