Digital Audience and Content Editor

We seek a talented and dynamic journalist with a passion and drive to take our digital content strategy to the next level.

The role of Digital Audience and Content Editor is one of the most exciting in the newsroom, and the successful applicant will play a leading role in growing our online and digital subscription audiences.

Key Responsibilities

You should be an NCTJ-qualified journalist with newsroom experience, great ideas and the ability to source the best stories to engage a range of audiences in north Essex. You will be a team player who will collaborate with the rest of the news team to create the best content plans for our digital platforms.

North Essex is one of the most exciting regions for local journalism and we are proud to have been at the forefront of the country’s most memorable stories - from our daily live blogs of the trial of sinister double Mersea Island murderer Luke D’Wit to Nigel Farage winning his first seat in Parliament. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will:

• Be a team player with the ability to inspire and enthuse a team
• Drive our digital content agenda
• Be creative and innovative with plenty of ideas
• Thrive working under pressure – including reacting to breaking news
• Understand the how and why of search and social
• Know who is reading our stories, where and why, using data and analytics
• Create the right mix of content, for the right time of day and platform 
• Understand multiple social media platforms and audiences
• Know exactly what makes a story and be able to pitch ideas to the head of news
• Have a sound knowledge of media law and IPSO’s code of conduct

The role is based at our Colchester headquarters, under an hour away from London.

Is this the role for you? Please send your CV and cover letter by the closing date of Friday, April 25th.

About Newsquest Media Group

We are a media company with a difference. We are committed to bringing a voice to your region by investing in a passionate team of journalists who proudly serve their communities by sharing authoritative news that readers trust. Our sales teams provide local businesses with highly responsive digital advertising and marketing solutions.

We are one of the largest regional news publishers in the UK and have a portfolio of more than 250+ local news brands and magazines online and in print. With an online audience of 41 million users a month and 7 million readers a week in print, our content is read by a substantial proportion of the UK population.

In addition to our local news brands, we own a number of digital pure play and specialist media businesses such as s1jobs and s1homes, Exchange & Mart, and Newsquest Specialist Media. We also own LOCALiQ, an award-winning digital marketing agency that specialises in driving more leads, increasing online growth and generating return on marketing investment on behalf of thousands of UK SMBs.