Matt Williams

Running the day-to-day operation of the 18-member national editorial racing team, of which our team members are based in four states - Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia.

Our team's content runs across all of News Corp's print and digital platforms, including The Australian, news.com.au, and our two standalone racing websites, Racenet and Punters, which have a combined monthly audience of 1.4 million people.

Daily tasks include managing news lists, liaising with team members, liasing with editors and sport editors at the print mastheads, editing content, and building stories for our digital platforms.

Overseeing the operation of News Corp Australia's racing and wagering division with a goal to increase subscribers and audience across our suite of print and digital platforms.

Involved in the establishment and hiring people for a new wagering content brand, Code Bet, as well as the introduction of paywalls on the Racenet and Punters websites.

Worked closely with new wagering brand, Betr, and helped it reach 350,000 customers within its first three months through editorial promotion.

Responsible for all editorial content at the seven-day newspaper and 24/7 website of the Northern Territory's major newspaper, the NT News.

Responsible for our editorial team, which at one stage had up to 40 people.

Given the seniority of the role, it involved liaising with political and industry leaders on a regular basis, including Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers.

Under my leadership, our editorial team won several awards at a local, state, national and international level, including the prestigious Asia-Pacific News Media Award for regional news brand of the year in 2018.