We are:

News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world.

Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Unruly, a global ad tech company, and Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations.

The team:

We are looking for a Forward Planning Editor / TV Writer to work for The Sun, News International – TV Mag & TV Soap.

This role will be working closely with schedulers, PRs, industry experts and insiders to ensure the editorial team have unrivalled forward-planning information and to ensure TV Mag has the best knowledge of upcoming TV shows, schedules, casting, filming plans and new commissions.

Day to day you will:     

• Liaise regularly with PRs and schedulers both on the phone, by email and in person to keep on top of the TV schedules and have a clear view of when key shows are due to air.
• Find out about new TV shows that are in production so the features team can arrange access.
• Have the key responsibility of effectively feeding that forward-planning information back to the editorial team.
• Compile and edit a crucial forward-planning document and work out the best way to distribute this to the team.
• Deliver daily guidance to the features team on any schedule changes or anticipated schedule changes
• For key dramas, high-rating TV shows or streaming series, have strong ideas of when interviews should run and build the trust of PRs to learn when key episodes are coming up. 
• Create and edit weekly listings list for previews – regularly updating as the schedules change – and to write previews, carry out interviews, attend set visits or write features when necessary.
• Attend screenings/Q&As and other events out of normal working hours as required for production of the magazine, and to frequently show willingness to do so.
• Recognise and act upon any potential legal issues and acting in accordance with the PCC Code of Conduct.

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Equal opportunities:

The Company is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It opposes all forms of discrimination in the workplace.

We are a diverse and team so want to maximise every individual’s potential to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised and utilised.

This means affording equal access to any employment opportunities within the Company according to your ability, without prejudice or discrimination by reason of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, disability or age.