The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades, we are dedicated to providing accurate, insightful, and engaging content across print and digital platforms.

Your team: The Sun’s multi-award-winning Audience department sits at the heart of our newsroom, with our talented journalists publishing the best coverage of news, sport, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family values. The team constantly evolves, driving record traffic across all platforms, growing new audiences, and building engagement and loyalty with our readers.

Your role: We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Senior Social & Engagement Editor. Reporting to the Head of Social Media, you will drive our social presence and engagement tools, such as newsletters and polls, to reach and retain millions of readers. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the transformation of our video distribution and lead the growth of our emerging social channels.

Day to day you will:

• Play a key role in the ongoing development and execution of the social media and engagement strategy, including the transformation of our video distribution.

• Attend conference with senior staff to inform priority content.

• Curate content from across the brand to satisfy a growing range of audience demographics.

• Edit and maintain social media channels to a high standard in close conjunction with the rest of the team.

• Manage and distribute a vast range of newsletters every week to loyal subscribers while implementing new growth strategies.

• Lead the adoption of emerging social platforms and tools to drive brand growth.

• Collaborate directly with editorial, digital, video, picture, design, commercial, and marketing teams.

What we're looking for from you:

• Extensive knowledge of social media platforms and current affairs.

• Deep understanding of the value newsletters and engagement tools provide to a digital audience.

• Ability to remain unflappable under pressure while delivering work at a consistently high standard.

• Proactive approach with a willingness to take on new tasks and challenges.

• Strong alignment with the brand and its audience across both print and digital platforms.

• Highly organised problem-solver capable of overcoming obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.