The SCMP is expanding and we are looking for talented, experienced and passionate sub-editors with online and print skills for our Hong Kong, China, Culture/Op-Ed and Business news desks.

Responsibilities & Requirements:
• Editing, checking facts, rewriting and improving copy with care and sensitivity and ensuring copy is error-free
• Crafting top-notch SEO and print headlines, standfirsts and captions
• Ensuring all stories have the appropriate, accurate and eye-catching visual elements
• Using analytical tools to make sure the right stories are delivered in a timely way
• Curating skills to help manage homepages

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a real-time online news operation, a wire service or a newspaper is essential: no beginners considered
• Applicants for China desk positions should ideally have worked in China
• Financial news experience, preferably in China, required for Business desk positions
• Features and lifestyle background or magazine experience required for Culture desk positions
• Previous work experience in Op-Ed preferred for that role, Chinese-language skills highly desirable
• Awareness of media law and legal dangers in copy, and of social media as a news dissemination tool
• Strong familiarity with the Asia context of news
• Can-do attitude with top-notch English subbing skills and zero tolerance for errors in grammar, spelling and content
• Solid news judgment and the ability to communicate clearly and concisely
• Capable of turning around raw copy fast when needed and the patience and good humour to work constructively with reporters for whom English is a second language

Work location will be at Causeway Bay office.