Assistant News Editor
Assistant News Editor
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Job Description
The Sun is Britains biggest biggestselling newspaper and largest mobile news brand and still growing with a talented diverse team who publish the best news sport showbiz and lifestyle coverage in the business.
Your role:
We are looking for a new Assistant News Editor to help grow our awardwinning operation. This is a rare opportunity for the right applicant to join The Suns news desk.
Day to day you will:
Run the biggest news stories of the day and oversee major breaking news
Help develop The Sun Onlines off diary operation and improve the quality and quantity of our original content
Manage and run reporters on the ground going after the biggest stories of the day as well as seeing tips through to finished stories
Liaise with agencies and freelancers to make sure our coverage stays ahead of the competition
Help train and develop our talented young reporters and get the most out of them
Assist the news editor with management of the team
Lead the news operation as and when required including at nights and weekends when necessary
What we are looking for from you:
Experience working at national newsdesk level with a track record of delivering exclusives
Experience of running multiple reporters on the ground at once
Knowledge of and experience in recognised search tools
Must have experience of leading news operations on occasion
Solid contacts with agencies and freelancers around the UK and internationally
Must have flair and an ability to spot the hidden potential in stories
Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard
Positive attitude and good team player
Can demonstrate an understanding of the The Sun brand both print and digital
Flexibility to work shift patterns across 7 days
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 talkRADIO and Virgin Radio UK and we have marketleading local radio stations across Ireland. In 2022 we launched TalkTV a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK delivering a schedule of news current affairs entertainment and sport with Piers Morgan in a primetime evening show. Our worldfamous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print audio and video events and experiences our 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 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 preexisting 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
