Audience Editor, Sport

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your role: The Times and The Sunday Times are looking for an experienced audience editor to focus on growing and engaging our sports audiences, both on and off platform. You will be a core part of the Sports desk as well as being an ambassador for audience-led thinking.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from a wealth of expertise in SEO, social media, subscriber engagement, analytics and digital strategy.

A knowledge and love of sport covered by The Times is essential.

Day to day you will

• Lead and execute digital-first publishing plans, ensuring our premium content engages our existing subscriber base and reaches new, younger audiences.

• Closely analyse real-time and historical data, feed insights back to commissioning editors, and champion digital best practices.

• Pitch audience-first ideas to meet the moment of big talking points and trends.

What we’re looking for from you

• The ability to retrieve and interpret data, then effectively communicate relevant insights

• Experience in SEO and keyword research to be able to pitch ideas and provide recommendations

• Excellent knowledge of social platforms and how to use them tactically to reach new audiences. Expertise in Reddit is desirable

• The ability to lead on high-profile projects, identifying audience needs and growth opportunities

• Excellent at juggling multiple priorities and audience platforms

• A strong communicator, comfortable with presenting and liaising with senior stakeholders

• Passionate about the future of journalism and keeping up to date with the latest digital trends

• Analytical, data-driven and detail-oriented

We are News UK : One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at View email address on unitedkingdom.jobradars.com to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.