Deputy Social Media and Platforms Editor

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom News UK Full time

The** D**eputy Social Media and Platforms Editor** will be responsible for supporting the social media and platforms editor in running the team. They will be working with senior editors in the newsroom to curate and commission stories, pictures and video content for our social media and third-party platforms including Apple News + and Google Showcase.

**Responsibilities**
- Writing and editing copy as well as adapting pictures and multimedia for social media platforms
- Deputising for the social media and platforms editor and assisting with managing and developing the social media and platforms team
- Editing and selecting content to appear on Apple News + and Google Showcase
- Creating social media activity that engages its intended audience, inline with Times news values
- Expertise in creative storytelling: comfortable using a variety of techniques, from GIFs to interactives, polls to live Q&As
- Ability to pull editorial insights from data, understanding various platform-specific metrics to inform decisions
- Champion the use of social media in the newsroom
- This job requires regular working in our newsroom in London

**Skills and experience**:

- Experienced journalist with strong news judgment and people management skills
- Demonstrable experience working on social media or third-party platforms
- Highly organised, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Able to collaborate with others, including senior editors and work well in groups
- Flexible and committed, and able to generate ideas about how to improve our content
- Can clearly articulate story ideas
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis in the UK and the world.

We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

This role will join our cross-title digital strategy team. The team is charged with finding and telling stories on our digital platforms in the most appropriate formats and empowering the newsroom to present stories in new and innovative ways.

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any **reasonable adjustments** **during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.

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