We are:

News UK & Ireland is a phenomenal company full of talented, dedicated, and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever growing organisation with a real passion for quality content and storytelling.

Our digital and print products include some of the most powerful media brands in the world, reaching over 30 million people each week.

Our brands include national newspapers - The Sun, The Times, and The Sunday Times and radio stations under the Wireless Group umbrella, including; FM104, Cork 96, LMFM, U105.8 and many more, as well as global ad tech business Unruly and social intelligence agency Storyful.

Sun Online is the biggest mobile news brand in the UK - and still growing! - With a talented, diverse team who publish the best coverage of news, sport, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family value.

The team:

The Sun’s Snapchat channel is the most popular in the UK and delivers our stories to a brand new audience.

We are looking for a passionate, committed deputy editor to help lead the team, creating and editing content tailored to this audience whilst looking out for new areas of innovation.

Day to day you will: 

• Help to lead the editorial Snapchat team, working alongside the Digital Design Team. 
• Deputise to the Snapchat Editor in the management of editorial staff, creating rotas, signing off pay and helping with recruitment as required.
• Conceive ideas for stories and features for the daily edition and for future features and development.
• Brief writers and designers then edit those stories to to conform to The Sun’s Snapchat style.

What we’re looking for from you: 

• Writing and editing copy in a variety of styles for a publisher 
• Briefing both writers and designers, experience of motion graphics desirable
• Strong knowledge of Snapchat, at least as a user, and a demonstrable understanding of The Sun’s Snapchat style
• Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard
• Pro-active and displays a willingness to take on any task
• Positive attitude and good team player
• Takes initiative in order to achieve desired results
• Self-starter, organised and a good problem-solver, able to eliminate obstacles through creative  and adaptive approaches
• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
• Can demonstrate an understanding of the The Sun brand, both print and digital
• Flexibility to work shift patterns across 7 days 

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.

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