Social Media Editor Maternity Cover - Mirror Magazines

What will the role involve

Focussing primarily on Mirror content you will find the latest trending stories using your keen news sense and analytics to optimise and publish engaging news stories via each brands social platforms. You will create and edit eye catching graphics and headlines while coming up with new and creative ways to drive traffic to our sites and grow our audiences.

You will forward plan social media content and coverage covering live events and breaking news on social media while monitoring the external landscape to identify trends. You will communicate your findings while sharing knowledge and best practice across our newsrooms. This role will involve working varying shifts on a rota basis including some weekends and evenings so a flexible approach is required.

Qualifications :

Who are we looking for

You are an experienced journalist with your NCTJ or equivalent qualification and up to date UK media law knowledge. You are a social media expert and excellent communicator who is able to spot which stories will trend across social platforms and the ability to cherry pick articles to optimise and post engaging our audiences. You have an excellent understanding of Mirror and OK! audiences and can create content that resonates with them.

You have demonstrable experience working in a similar role within a fastpaced digital newsroom or magazine environment. You have an excellent working knowledge and demonstrable experience utilising Facebook TikTok Threads Instagram X and other social media platforms. You stay up to date with the latest news and can review rewrite and post content at pace.

Additional Information :

What can we offer you

We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;

• Help saving for your retirement  join our pension scheme and well match contributions up to 6
• 25 days holiday per year when you join. After three five and ten years service with Reach youll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Giving back day  an additional days leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
• Enhanced family leave  including maternity paternity and adoption and youll be eligible after just six months employment
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan  free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
• As one of the UKs top 50 Inclusive Employers everyones invited to join our events programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
• Wellbeing support  including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
• Awesome career opportunities  youll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
• We are also a member of the 30 Club a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior management levels

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background circumstances age disability gender identity ethnicity religion or belief and sexual orientation.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime