SEO Editor

The Times and The Sunday Timesrepresent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation's cultural heritage.

Your role: The Times and Sunday Times are looking for an SEO editor to grow our readership and reach new audiences through search. You will play a key role in continuing the evolution of our digital strategy and the integration of SEO into editorial processes.

Based in a fast-paced newsroom, you will share actionable insights and make recommendations on the stories we cover and how to achieve excellent SEO reach across organic search, Google Discover, Google News, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and ChatGPT.

Every day you will be identifying trending topics, pitching SEO-led content and finding innovative ways to optimise our award-winning journalism.

You will be forward planning with different sections and shaping strategies to maximise search traffic for news and evergreen stories.

As well as acting as a go-to person on SEO, you will be responsible for training reporters, editors and sub-editors in best practices.

You will also play an active role in writing headlines, standfirsts and adding high-quality internal links to improve the reading experience.

What we're looking for from you:

• Editorial SEO experience in a newsroom or similar environment
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Ability to spot trends, identify traffic-driving opportunities from search and communicate those opportunities to the newsroom
• Strong SEO editing, optimising and digital headline writing skills
• Experience working with Google Trends, Google Search Console and keyword research tools
• Good understanding of tech SEO principles behind editorial practices
• Familiarity with AI/LLM search experiences, plus experience in optimising for them with a successful track record

This job is for you if:

• You have sound news judgement and an audience-first mindset
• You enjoy using search data to inform your decision-making
• You can explain trends and patterns in traffic clearly and concisely
• You keep up to date with SEO and digital publishing developments, across organic search and AI/LLM experiences

We are News UK: 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, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio 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 multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

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:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• 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 benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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