Digital Audience and Content Editor

We’re looking for a dynamic digital editor to drive The Southern Daily Echo to the next level after a year that has seen a huge increase in audience and digital subscriptions.

Is digital story-telling your passion? Can you use Google Trends, Crowdtangle and performance tools such as Chartbeat and Parse.ly, to make sure our reporting team is achieving their potential?

Then you could be the person we are looking for to help lead our newsroom and grow the audience on dailyecho.co.uk, drive digital subscriptions, and help reporters cater for our loyal audience.

You will work alongside the News Editor, motivating, mentoring and developing the reporting team - and helping them get the very best out of their stories.

You will take a leading role in implementing and adapting our social media and engagement strategy, alongside story sourcing, editing, homepage management and working on other strands of the digital business like newsletters.

We are looking for a creative, digitally savvy operator who understands the needs of a modern newsroom and wants to help deliver the best stories to our audience.

The ideal candidates would already be working on a newsdesk or could be an experienced senior reporter looking for the next step up.

You will have an excellent knowledge of media law and will be comfortable dealing with members of the public.

You will:

Be able to inspire and enthuse a team
Embrace the chance to have fun in your job and with your team
Drive our news agenda
Thrive working under pressure – including reacting to breaking news
Be creative and full of ideas
Understand the how and why of search and social
Know who is reading our stories, where and why
Create the right mix of content, for the right time of day and platform
Know exactly what makes a story

Newsquest is one of the UK's biggest newspaper and website publishers. We can offer a competitive salary and benefits including:

Contributory Pension
Perks & Discounts at various retail outlets
Opportunities for team building and training days
25 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off.
Structured career progression, ongoing training, and personal performance reviews
Discount Vouchers
Discounted Gym membership
Cycle to Work scheme
Mental Health Support via Lifeworks
Eye test vouchers plus £50 towards new glasses.
Annual Volunteer Charity Day

If this role matches your skills, experience and motivations, please submit your CV with a cover letter identifying why you feel this role is for you.