Reader comments editor

Job summary

This job will involve overseeing reader comments across both the Times and Sunday Times website. You will lead a team of journalists and moderators dedicated to fostering high-quality discussions on The Times and Sunday Times website to ensure our online comments remain at the highest possible standard. The successful candidate will have leadership skills and have experience of building online communities.

Alongside this, you will elicit stories and anecdotes from our readers and will curate the comments on online articles. You will have a keen news sense, and work as part of the wider digital team to ensure our reader output rises to the highest possible standard.

Key skills

• An understanding of online communities, and how to foster and grow debate

• Experience of managing a team

• An interest in driving online engagement with news

• Ability to interpret and apply legal training

• Confidence to communicate with journalists and senior editors across the newsroom

This job is for you if

• You have a minimum of one year working in a similar role

• You thrive under pressure and can work to tight deadlines while maintaining high standards

• You have excellent attention to detail even when working under pressure

• You are passionate about digital journalism and new ways of engaging with existing readers

• You have lots of ideas and the organisational skills to execute them

• You can work well independently or as part of a team

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, which includes data journalists, newsroom developers, multimedia journalists, interactive news producers and audience development experts. This 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.