CGTN - the China Global Television Network, its English channel, and its digital media platforms were launched on December 31, 2016.

CGTN's aim is to provide objective, balanced, and impartial news and current affairs content, reporting the news from a Chinese perspective. We aim to differentiate ourselves from leading Western media organization by pursuing a larger international vision; focusing on nations, regions, and stories often ignored by western media.

We are shortly opening up a London office at Chiswick Park to house a well-staffed, digital and television hub producing news, online, and other content to feed into our global English language platforms.

THE ROLE:

We are now seeking a social media manager to join the new team in London.

Key responsibilities:

Engage with audiences and ensure comments remain within community guidelines
Create and publish content across social platforms
Adapt material from correspondents for social media output
Monitor performance of content on social using analytics and feed back

THE PERSON:

With experience working in an international newsroom the candidate will demonstrate a complete understanding of how news works on social media and a high level of familiarity working in different media formats eg text, video.

You will also:

Be familiar with common editing platforms, notably Adobe Premiere
Understand different storytelling formats
Have a track record of working to deadline
Be a strong team player and excellent communicator
Be able to work fast and error free