Senior Content Editor

Summary

Join the Financial Times Live team as a freelance Senior Content Editor based in Hong Kong or Singapore! This role focuses on creating engaging event programs, securing speakers, and developing sponsorship proposals. You will collaborate with various departments, including sponsorship, project management, marketing, and social media, to ensure successful event execution. The ideal candidate possesses strong client management skills, excellent writing abilities, and a keen interest in global business. While a B2B event background isn't required, copywriting/journalistic experience is essential. This is a remote, project-based position.

Requirements

• Strong client management skills
• Ability to come up with engaging and innovative ideas to ensure maximum interest from the FT audience and deliver novel and thought provoking content
• Excellent written english is essential
• Must be based in Asia and available during Asia working hours

Responsibilities

• Research, write and produce innovative, high-quality event programmes (digital, hybrid and in-person) on a project-by-project basis, as determined by the Head of Content, Partner Events
• Research, invite and confirm speakers for your events
• Research and write editorial proposals for sponsorship sales packs and pitches, on a project-by-project basis, as determined by the Head of Content, Partner Events
• Conduct due diligence and assist in the development of new ideas for regional multi-sponsored core events, on a project-by-project basis, as determined by the Head of Content, Partner Events
• Liaise with the FT journalists chairing and/or moderating at our events
• Liaise with the sponsorship department to ensure fulfilment of content deliverables
• Liaise with the project management department to optimise the running of programmed events and the delivery of content for event collaterals
• Liaise with the marketing department to create original copy for email blasts, newspaper ads and marketing brochures
• Liaise with the social media department to produce and manage any additional content required pre- and post-event on social media channels
• Manage any additional content, related to pre- and post-event engagement
• Help with speaker liaison and on-the-day content, including social media output and content related to live streaming
• Assist with any other post-event content, including thank you emails to speakers, event summaries, etc
• Liaise with FT editorial to optimise the use of FT.com video and other FT digital output to enhance FT Live events

Preferred Qualifications

• Other language skills could be beneficial
• A B2B event background is not necessary, provided candidate has copywriting/journalistic experience and is willing to learn about the event management process
• Be able to work for a large, dynamic and fast-moving international business