Technology Editor & Presenter

Job Title: Technology Editor & Presenter

Location: New York (Hybrid)

Salary: $100,000 - $120,000

Employment Type: Full-time

This role is focused on creating, copyediting and presenting engaging content for our digital and physical events across multiple industries. Content will include business-critical insights, emerging technologies with an overall goal to empower, educate and engage C-suite audiences.

The prime candidate will be an experienced Business and Technology journalist that has a strong track record of conceiving and delivering compelling in-depth content for professional audiences. Must have experience copyediting short and long form articles, blogs, e-books, etc. Writing for/engaging with a C-suite audience would be a significant advantage.

This role will work with a team of Presenters and Event Producers. Not only will you oversee the delivery of expert-led, trustworthy and cutting-edge content for our global events, but also deliver the content in an engaging way across multiple platforms/media types.

This role blends editorial leadership with on-camera presentation, requiring a confident communicator who can translate complex tech topics into compelling stories for a broad audience. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable researching and editing in-depth features as they are fronting videos, podcasts and live events about the latest innovations in consumer tech, AI and Digital Innovation.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

You will lead:

• The direction of summit development across our core vertical markets and audiences; core themes, influencers, cutting edge content.
• Planning and delivery of sponsored content; reports, eBooks, features.
• Planning and delivery of Podcast/Vodcasts, Round tables, Summits and sponsored dinners.
• Plan, commission, edit and deliver long and short-form content including case studies, e-books and sponsored content.
• Check and edit copy to ensure that it meets the brief, makes sense and provides a compelling read.
• As part of Presenter team by writing news and analysis, as well as features and deliver at GDS events.
• Support colleagues in other departments, especially marketing, to identify and select optimum content, shape event programs and positioning for marketing channels to maximize impact and engagement.
• Positively communicating the GDS Group brand in person and through social media platforms.

About you

• Excellent research, commissioning, and copy-editing skills.
• Excellent writing and presenting skills.
• Experience of editing a section of a magazine or a website, with 5 years of professional journalism experience.
• An analytical mind - ability to process data, understand it and know how to apply it.
• Ability to work well with a team, both on the brand and centrally, and to apply the learning from those relationships to the task in hand.
• Data journalism skills, or the capacity to develop them.
• Excellent networking skills - the ability to establish and develop good relationships with leading figures in specialist sectors.
• Demonstrated ability to manage workflow, deadlines and ensure quality and timeliness of copy.