Content Director

Role Purpose: Lead content strategy and operations across print, digital, video, radio, and social media. Oversee editorial and production teams, strengthen brand identity, grow audiences, and ensure credible, engaging, timely, and commercially sustainable English- and Arabic-language content. Key Responsibilities Content Strategy and Leadership Develop an integrated content strategy, setting priorities, standards, targets, budgets, and resource plans. Lead department heads and promote collaboration while maintaining each brand’s distinct identity. Editorial Oversight Oversee print and digital content, ensuring accuracy, fairness, originality, and timely publication. Guide sensitive coverage and manage approvals, corrections, complaints, and editorial risks across English and Arabic content. Video Production Set video strategy and oversee production priorities, schedules, budgets, and quality. Align video content with audience needs and coordinate teams across departments. Radio Programming Oversee programmer schedules and the quality of news, interviews, and audience-focused shows. Connect radio content with editorial, digital, podcast, and social media coverage. Digital and Social Media Lead publishing across websites, digital products, and social platforms. Use audience data to improve reach and engagement, and manage misinformation and reputational issues. People, Operations, and Commercial Collaboration Manage workflows, budgets, staffing, training, and performance across departments. Support sponsorship and branded content while protecting editorial independence and ensuring compliance. Requirements Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Media, Communications, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. - At least 10 years of relevant media experience, including 5 years in a senior editorial or content leadership role. - Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams across editorial, digital, video, broadcast, or social media. - Strong understanding of Oman and the wider regional media landscape. - Excellent editorial judgment, leadership, communication, and organizational skills. - Experience managing budgets, production workflows, audience analytics, and digital growth. - Strong English proficiency; Arabic proficiency is highly desirable. Note: We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted Show more Show less

Qualifications and Experience: - Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Media, Communications, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. - At least 10 years of relevant media experience, including 5 years in a senior editorial or content leadership role. - Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams across editorial, digital, video, broadcast, or social media. - Strong understanding of Oman and the wider regional media landscape. - Excellent editorial judgment, leadership, communication, and organizational skills. - Experience managing budgets, production workflows, audience analytics, and digital growth. - Strong English proficiency; Arabic proficiency is highly desirable.

Role Purpose: Lead content strategy and operations across print, digital, video, radio, and social media. Oversee editorial and production teams, strengthen brand identity, grow audiences, and ensure credible, engaging, timely, and commercially sustainable English- and Arabic-language content. Key Responsibilities include: Content Strategy and Leadership (develop integrated content strategy, set priorities, standards, targets, budgets, resource plans; lead department heads and promote collaboration while maintaining each brand’s distinct identity), Editorial Oversight (oversee print and digital content, ensure accuracy, fairness, originality, timely publication; guide sensitive coverage and manage approvals, corrections, complaints, and editorial risks across English and Arabic content), Video Production (set video strategy, oversee production priorities, schedules, budgets, quality; align video content with audience needs), Radio Programming (oversee programmer schedules and the quality of news, interviews, and audience-focused shows; connect radio content with editorial, digital, podcast, and social media coverage), Digital and Social Media (lead publishing across websites, digital products, and social platforms; use audience data to improve reach and engagement, manage misinformation and reputational issues), People, Operations, and Commercial Collaboration (manage workflows, budgets, staffing, training, and performance across departments; support sponsorship and branded content while protecting editorial independence and ensuring compliance).