Creator Social News Editor

The Sun is Britains biggest-selling newspaper and largest mobile news brand - and still growing - with a talented diverse team publishing the best news sport showbiz and lifestyle coverage in the business.

Your role: We are looking to appoint a Creator Social News Editor to help grow our award-winning operation. This is a rare opportunity for the right applicant to join The Suns digital newsdesk.

Day to day you will:

• Lead video-first special projects in conjunction with the newsdesk to bring in brilliant agenda-driven exclusives that work across a variety of platforms and social media posts.

• Understand how to commission and produce content with a video-first strategy and to translate this to social media platforms.

• Manage and organise publishing strategies across print digital and video - including an understanding of how we use different video formats for different platforms.

• Conceptualise and create ways to break stories in video-first format whether that be long-form pieces for our YouTube channel or shorter social media video campaigns.

• Working on in-depth investigations and complex stories while managing reporters.

• Take visually-challenged but weighty topics and help create engaging ways to promote or illustrate them in video formats.

• Be comfortable on camera and able to pivot between chatty or more formal presentation styles.

• Find exclusive original and quirky angles to produce fresh content across our platforms.

• Be adept at FOIs investigations and turning agenda stories into big forward-facing exclusives.

• Manage and juggle multiple long-term projects/campaigns at once for various platforms.

• Commission stories taking into consideration words pictures video and social video.

• Edit reporters copy and video and help develop stories with accuracy and flair.

• Help train and develop our talented young reporters and get the most out of them.

What were looking for from you:

• Experience working at a national brand with a track record of delivering exclusives

• Experience of running reporters on the ground and handling investigations and FOIs

• Video experience and ability to turn strong ideas into video-first and social content

• Solid legal and IPSO knowledge and be confident in working with the lawyers

• Solid contacts with reporters agencies and freelancers around the UK

• 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

• Ability to use multiple content systems including Wordpress

• Demonstrable understanding of the The Sun brand both print and digital

News UK is 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 and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local 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 multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose we exist to promote a fair society freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling we represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter.

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 Next Gen.

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 emailprotected to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.