Job Description
The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. In recent years, The Sun has campaigned for changes to Universal Credit, more protection from high cost credit for consumers and support for those affected by the changes to the Winter Fuel Allowance.
The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.
Your role: We have a new opportunity for a Deputy Consumer Editor to join our award-winning Consumer team. This senior role will play a key part in delivering standout consumer journalism on The Sun’s newspaper and website.
You will support the Head of Consumer and Consumer Editor with editing and commissioning to help drive traffic and subscriptions.
Your role:
Deputise for the Consumer Editor and Head of Consumer where necessary, running the day-to-day news list at least one day a week
Attend conferences and present to editors when required
Support the Head of Consumer with print pages, campaigns, investigations and special projects
Help write and edit content for Sun Club to drive memberships
Use SEO, Parsley and Google Trends to help guide commissioning and construct headlines
Work with different departments including News, Audience and Video to co-ordinate the distribution of Consumer content online, in print or video.
Represent The Sun on radio and TV
Generate fresh story ideas, hunt down exclusives, uncover compelling angles and spot talking points that will engage, inform and surprise our readers
Support team with developing story ideas and getting information stood up or creating graphics and interactives
Ensure all Consumer content is visually appealing, through the use of graphics, pictures, video and interactive tools
Help develop talent and support the progression of reporters on the team
What we are looking for from you:
Experience working as a senior reporter or editor for a national newspaper or major news organisation
Experience and expertise in consumer, business or personal finance journalism
Experience using Wordpress or similar CMS system to build content digitally
Excellent writing skills with the ability to write clean copy to tight deadlines
A passion for The Sun and understanding of the brand in print and online
Being a self-starter is key – and you will need to thrive under the pressure of a busy newsroom
Enthusiasm, imagination and a notebook full of ideas are all essential
Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard
Positive attitude and a good team player with a collaborative mindset
A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues
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, TalkTV 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: At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
30 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
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 covering pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.
