Social Media Editor

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation's cultural heritage. Your role: The Senior Social Media Editor is responsible for creating and optimising content that drives audience growth, engagement and brand consideration across The Times and Sunday Times' social media channels. This role combines hands-on production with strategic oversight, mentoring other social media editors, and helping to shape platform-specific strategies aligned with editorial and business goals. This role reports to the head of social strategy (editorial). Apply with your CV and a covering letter by September 6. Day to day you will:

• Develop and execute high-performing social strategies that maximize high-intent referral traffic while expanding brand consideration across key platforms.
• Serve as the newsroom's expert on Apple News and Apple News+, refining curation, packaging, and strategy to boost daily engagement, reach and paid readership metrics.
• Actively coach, mentor and upskill a team of junior social media editors, setting high standards for output, model best practices and career growth.
• Champion social media culture across the wider newsroom-working directly with section editors, reporters and audience editors to embed social thinking into daily commissioning and story planning.
• Leverage native platform analytics and audience data to extract actionable editorial insights, optimizing social performance in real time., To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
  
  Journalist with strong news judgement.
• Knowledge of social media trends and emerging platforms.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Data-driven mindset with experience using analytics to inform creative decisions and optimise performance.
• Leadership and mentoring experience, guiding junior social media editors and fostering a collaborative team culture.
• Deep understanding of platform trends, algorithms and best practices across multiple social channels.
• Ability to work effectively with editorial, marketing, and commercial teams to meet shared objectives.
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
  
  Some of our benefits include:
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, as well as an extra anniversary day off
• Up to 3 paid volunteering days per year to support causes you care about