Associate Travel Editor

This role will be responsible for commissioning, editing and publishing evergreen travel content across various digital and print platforms and helping develop its role as part of the content eco system. They will help to create stories and features that inspire and intrigue our readers.

You will be an experienced editor and writer with a track record of exclusives and a demonstrable interest in travel journalism across all platforms.

Apply with a covering letter and your CV by May 15

Responsibilities

• Successfully manage productive relationships with the Head of Travel and Deputy Head of Travel as well as the wider travel team.

• Assist the Deputy Head of Travel with overseeing the evergreen content publishing plan and updates for guides and reviews

• Maintain a forensic knowledge of the content archive in order to know what features need updating and when, according to news agenda as well as calendar - and which to republish and when

• Work with editors, writers and reporters to conceive, commission and edit exclusive agenda-setting evergreen Travel content for our digital audience

• Demonstrate an understanding of what works best for digital, offering content that is truly distinctive

• Analyse success of evergreen headlines and sells online and how to apply insight across evergreen and in print

• Understand the relationship between live and evergreen content, and how each can benefit the other in a digital first publishing strategy

• Constantly be on the lookout for new writers, videographers and broadcasters whose contribution will keep Times Travel at the forefront of digital travel publishing

• Commission and edit digital packages that increase engagement and support subscriber growth and retention

• Use the latest digital data to inform commissioning

• Help devise and oversee big quarterly projects such as Best Places to Stay, Best Beaches, etc

• Collaborate with production colleagues in design, pictures and sub-editing on digital elements that enhance the features you write

• Prioritise visual storytelling. Commission exclusive video, polls, interactive graphics and picture galleries to engage our digital audience and plan how these stories are shared and promoted online

• Liaise with the Head of Travel and Deputy Head of Travel to ensure successful rollout of client based projects across editorial

• Edit the newsletter showcasing the best of the week’s content from both travel sections, as well as curated travel offers and deals from commercial including e-commerce affiliates

• Forward-plan, working with journalists on long-range projects

• Use SEO, Inca, Parsley and Google Trends to help guide commissioning

• Use social networking and other digital platforms for content generation and to promote The Times and The Sunday Times Travel content

• Attend daily and weekly team meetings

• Attend news conferences as required

• Represent TNL travel at press and PR events

Skills and experience

• Experience working as an editor at a national newspaper or magazine

• Experience in and a demonstrable passion for travel journalism with good contacts in the travel industry

• Experience working on commercial and evergreen content

• Strong level of expertise of publishing on multi-platform digital products

• An ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and with rigorous accuracy

• An understanding of how audience data supports commissioning and how to promote a story on social media and through search engines

• Persuasive presentation skills, well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to solve problems and negotiate positive outcomes

• Able to communicate succinctly and effectively

• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams

• A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues

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, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. In April 2022, we launched TalkTV, a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs and entertainment and sport. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our 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: At News UK we believe our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want the ways we work to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. We can’t promise to offer exactly what you want, but do provide multiple flexible working options. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.

We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 9 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship, Women’s Steering Group and Disability network.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.

In addition we also offer:

• A generous

  Pension

  scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;



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


• 30 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;


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

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.