Commercial Publisher (Casual)

Role: Causal position five days a week with flexibility required.

The Role

talkSPORT is looking for a highly organised and creative Commercial Publisher to join our Digital this role you will take ownership of planning delivering and publishing all sponsored and branded content across talkSPORTs digital and social channels - including YouTube TikTok Instagram Facebook and X.

You will work closely with editorial and commercial colleagues to ensure every campaign is executed accurately on time and to a high standard. From co-ordinating production and briefing colleagues to publishing content out of office hours and monitoring performance youll play a key role in ensuring our commercial partners get the best possible results.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end publishing of all commercial and branded content across talkSPORT channels and on occasion other News Broadcasting channels ensuring posts go live correctly and to schedule.
  
  

• Attend commercial briefing and planning meetings to stay fully across all active and upcoming campaigns.
  
  

• Work with production teams to ensure they deliver everything required for sponsored content creation and publishing.
  
  

• Edit and produce social-first video content when needed optimising for platforms such as YouTube TikTok Facebook Instagram and X.
  
  

• Create or commission graphics thumbnails and assets that meet brand and partner guidelines.
  
  

• Write clear effective social copy captions and headlines that maximise engagement and revenue delivery.
  
  

• Provide tracking links performance updates and post-campaign reporting to the commercial team.
  
  

• Brief and guide colleagues working evening weekend or reactive shifts to ensure commercial publishing is covered at all times.
  
  

• Support general channel publishing during quieter commercial periods.
  
  

The Ideal Candidate:

• You are proactive organised and driven - you keep multiple projects moving and dont miss deadlines.
  
  

• Confident leading and briefing others ensuring everyone involved understands whats required.
  
  

• Calm under pressure with the ability to juggle several campaigns simultaneously.
  
  

• Strong understanding of social media platforms formats optimisation and analytics tools (YouTube Studio Meta TikTok X).
  
  

• Experience producing or editing branded content (Premiere Pro Final Cut Photoshop Illustrator or Canva).
  
  

• Ability to interpret commercial briefs and develop creative digital solutions that meet partner and editorial objectives.
  
  

• A passion for sport - particularly football - and a clear understanding of the talkSPORT audience.
  
  

• Flexibility to work around major sporting events and out-of-hours publishing requirements.

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.

We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and the Apprentice Society.