Chief Editor – Gulf Longevity Media

About the role

The Gulf Longevity Intelligence Group (GLIG) is building a Gulf‑focused intelligence and media platform covering longevity, HealthTech and healthcare innovation. Deep Knowledge Group seeks a bilingual Chief Editor to turn GLIG’s analytics, expert network and strategic activity into a continuous stream of authoritative Gulf‑focused intelligence and media outputs. This role goes beyond content marketing, aiming to become the primary source of insight for senior regional stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Own the English‑ and Arabic‑language editorial agenda.
• Establish a dependable weekly publication cadence.
• Develop recurring intelligence publications, rankings, trackers and thematic features.
• Lead editorial development around the Gulf Longevity and HealthTech ecosystem.
• Coordinate flagship intelligence outputs such as the Gulf Longevity Competitiveness report.
• Convert GLIG datasets and analytical findings into readable, authoritative publications.
• Identify important regional developments before they become generic international stories.
• Commission and conduct interviews with investors, executives, healthcare leaders, scientists, government stakeholders and ecosystem builders.
• Build and manage a contributor and expert network across the Gulf.
• Produce newsletters, articles, executive briefs, interviews and other editorial formats.
• Coordinate with analysts to ensure editorial claims are supported by underlying data.
• Work with MarTech and media outreach to maximise reach among relevant audiences.
• Maintain publication calendars and editorial workflows.
• Protect GLIG from exaggerated health claims or weak sourcing.
• Leverage AI for research, monitoring and drafting support while maintaining rigorous editorial review.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years experience in journalism, editorial leadership, research publications, intelligence media or a comparable field.
• Excellent professional proficiency in English and Arabic.
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to translate technical, scientific, financial and policy material into clear executive communication.
• Robust research and fact‑checking discipline.
• Experience coordinating contributors and external experts.
• Deep understanding of Gulf news, institutions and business environment.
• Ability to run a recurring editorial operation independently.

Required skills