Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life's not about a job, it's about purpose. We believe real change starts with a conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we'll do what's right (not what's easy) to serve the public conversation.

Twitter is the fastest way to see what’s happening. Every day incredible things happen on Twitter and our communications team shares these moments, trends and product launches with the world. 

About the team

Twitter is committed to serving the public conversation by helping customers of our product stay informed, inform others, and discuss what matters. Our Curation team is on a mission to better facilitate this through the curation of the best, most relevant, and timely content that reaches, engages, and delights one of the largest daily audiences in the world!

The Curation team contextualizes topics of interest including Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment, and Sports, and we’re looking for a skilled Curator to help us identify the best Tweets, photos, and videos in real-time around those topics.

The ideal candidate for this role should also have a deep, non-partisan, understanding of politics and feel comfortable detecting and verifying content related to civic integrity, social justice, or health. The candidate should also be familiar with knowledge graph building as it relates to understanding user behaviour and interaction with content. 

Core skills:

• Identifying and analysing the most impactful conversations and events on Twitter
• Detecting and verifying false and harmful information online
• A fundamental understanding of "content quality" as well as the analytics and Curation Standards by which we might judge and measure that within a product surface
• Effective verbal and written communication. Can present to broader team on specific projects
• Is able to prioritise work effectively, with time pressure
• Is capable of, and receptive to, giving and receiving constructive feedback

Responsibilities:

• Curate live updates around various topics and events across News, Entertainment and Sports for Twitter customers
• Identify events and emerging trends on Twitter that will drive unique content experiences
• Review and provide standards-based editorial feedback on curated content produced by peers and others
• Analyse and annotate content signals across a range of topics with a focus on trending conversations and breaking news stories. 
• Work cross-collaboratively with teammates and internal partners to create strategies for key events in the ANZ timezone 
   

Qualifications

• 2 - 4+ years of journalism; extensive experience using Twitter as a discovery tool, with a familiarity of the various communities on the platform  

• Deep knowledge of high-quality, unbiased reporting

• Experience curating content (Tweets) in real-time or for publishing

• Experience with newsgathering tools like Tweetdeck, Dataminr for News, preferred

• Experience with content classification and metadata management for knowledge graph building

• Experience managing projects of low to moderate complexity is a plus

• Proficiency in MS Excel, SQL knowledge is a plus

• Flexibility to work occasional nights and weekends

We care about making work happy and productive for everyone. Here are some things we value:

• Curiosity: Learn how things are done and challenge the status quo while being collaborative and open to input. We won’t always knock it out of the park (though we certainly try) and that’s okay! Learn, grow, pivot.

• Tenacity: Where there's a will, there's a way when it comes to problem-solving. Help us find the way, as well as a few alternatives.

• Diversity: Diversity makes us a better organization and team. We value experiences and ideas that represent a diverse set of backgrounds, ideas, skills, and experiences.

• Collaboration: There’s a saying, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We want to go far.

• Work, Life, Balance: We work hard and recognize the need to feed the other areas of your life. It’s not “either/or”, it’s “yes and.”

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any legally protected status.