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The Sun, Audience Development Manager - Online

Employer
The Sun
Location
London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
26 Aug 2019

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Job Details

The Sun’s award-winning Audience Development Team is an integral and growing part of Sun Online - News Website of the Year and the UK’s biggest digital newsbrand. Its work includes social media, SEO, audience analytics, and all other areas involving the distribution of the Sun’s content.

It aims to grow our on and off-platform audience, and increase engagement and loyalty.

The team is key in implementing the business-wide strategy to meet targets, and will continue to grow to incorporate new skills and responsibilities.

Purpose of role:

To manage data-driven editorial projects with the aim of reaching new audiences and driving loyalty and engagement.

The role is based at News UK’s London headquarters.

Key accountabilities:

  • Deliver insights and recommendations that drive editorial, distribution, engagement and commercial strategy
  • Come up with persuasive, data-led strategies that are based on an understanding of the Sun’s content and monitor and report on the success of these.
  • Pull together and analyse data, and ensure its accuracy
  • Keep an eye on competitors to ensure we're always on top of new developments


Key Skills and Experience:

The successful candidate will:

  • Be able to analyse and explain complex data, and persuasively present findings around the newsroom
  • Have a strong understanding of content, social media and SEO
  • Be assertive within the team, unflappable under pressure, and have experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
  • Have an outstanding attitude and be a good team player
  • Be a self-starter, organised and a good problem-solver, able to eliminate obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the Sun brand, its competitors and the wider digital publishing market.


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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Company

The Sun is Britain's biggest newspaper and an iconic British brand. It is bought by almost 2 million each day, read by 5 million, and reaches millions more online and across social media.

The Sun's journalism sets the news agenda day in, day out. Our content is reproduced daily by rivals who can't match our world class stories and creative ideas.

The Sun therefore attracts the most talented, dedicated and creative people in the industry. The Sun's staff stretch themselves on a daily basis, challenging the status quo to produce the best possible product for our readers.

If you want to work for one of the world's most exciting, challenging and creative media organisations then The Sun and News UK is the place to build your career.

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