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The Times, Deputy Engagement Editor

Employer
The Times
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
15 Sep 2021

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Deputy Engagement Editor

Job summary 

The deputy engagement editor is responsible for exploring and delivering new ways of engaging audiences with our journalism. Working with colleagues in the newsrooms of The Times and The Sunday Times you will develop content, events and products that engage existing and new audiences, including women and people under 35.

The successful candidate will be a journalist who understands compelling and cutting edge ways that enliven our journalism, has data analysis, project management and strong people management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the product development team to incorporate emerging forms of reader interaction, such as article shares, reader commentary, digital events

  • Interpret editorial data and feed this directly to the editors to inform commissioning to boost website engagement

  • Target and tailor data towards engaging key audiences, such as women and younger readers

  • Work with both newsdesks to forward plan for editorial projects, digital coverage and events

  • Liaise with Times+ teams and editors to coordinate newsdesk events for both titles, including events targeted at both under 45 and female readers

  • Mentor people in the team to help them to develop projects and stories to pitch, and to develop their skills

  • Help to improve data literacy in the newsroom through training and collaboration with reporters

 

Skills

  • Journalist with strong news judgment 

  • Curious about media industry innovation in storytelling and brings best practices to the Times

  • Demonstrable experience of product development for a news website

  • Ability to pull editorial insights from data, understanding various platform-specific metrics to inform decisions

  • Highly organised, able to manage projects

  • Able to collaborate with others and work well in groups

  • Can clearly articulate story ideas

  • Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

 

About the digital team

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis in the UK and the world.

We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

This role will join our cross-title digital strategy team. The team is charged with finding and telling stories on our digital platforms in the most appropriate formats and empowering the newsroom to present stories in new and innovative ways.

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