Deputy Head of Health Features

About the role

A key member of the health hub team who plays an active role in defining, shaping and creating the Telegraph's health content, both online and in print. You will need to be motivated and have lots of great ideas for developing this key area for the Telegraph audience.
This is a senior commissioning role. You’ll be required to react to the daily news agenda and plan long lead health and wellbeing stories that will appeal to the Telegraph audience.
Generating clever ideas and series which can work across all platforms will be a key part of the role, alongside commissioning and editing to ensure a brilliant daily output that hits deadlines and is published online optimally to reach our subscription targets.
You’ll also liaise with designers/picture editors/visual storytelling and social departments to ensure that all content is produced to the highest standard and reaches maximum engagement

Key responsibilities

Responsible for commissioning and editing health content across the health hub
Generate original ideas, reacting to the daily news agenda for daily health features
Create a seven-day digital health content plan
Analyse digital data on health stories daily to inform the ongoing content plan
Work closely with the digital publishing and social teams to ensure health stories are promoted effectively
Collaborate with visual storytelling and graphics team to ensure digital health stories are produced in the most premium way possible
Promote the Telegraph via events and media appearances, externally and internally.
Forge strong relationships with book publishers; broadcast PR’s and agents to secure exclusives for the Telegraph.
Introduce new writing talent and forge strong relationships with existing writers.
Attend conferences with editors, and features ideas meetings, to pitch and discuss ideas.
Forward plan and liaise with other teams across TMG to ensure all opportunities are covered
Brief picture / art / subs / visual storytelling / video teams as needed.
Liaise with digital publishing and social teams
Drive innovative health projects, campaigns and events
Proof reading and editing features as and when required.

Essential vs desirable skills required for the role

Experience of commissioning and planning health content in a fast-paced newsroom
Strong digital skills essential
An understanding of analytics tools and how best to use them
Ability to work across a number of projects and respond quickly and accurately to keep up with the news agenda
A keen understanding of the Telegraph audience and an ability to pitch engaging ideas our subscribers will be interested in

Benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance, and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.