editor London, England
Job description
The Sun Online is the biggest mobile news brand in the UK - and still growing! - with a young, talented, diverse team who publish the best coverage of news, sport, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family value.
Purpose of role:
The Sun Online is looking to bring in a first-class Deputy Foreign Editor to join Fleet Street’s most dynamic digital news operation. The role will be based within the news team, working on everything from agenda-setting scoops and exclusives to long-form human interest stories and breaking news coverage of major international and home news events.
Day to day you will:
Support the Foreign Editor in producing first-class news content
Have a razor-sharp eye for a story whether it’s spotting a great line buried in a mound of AP copy or anticipating how to move on a big breaking news event
Write sharp, powerful and eye-catching headlines that set The Sun apart from our rivals
Help build the vibrant news lists that drive traffic in UK and US and attract new readers
Take control of those lists in the Foreign Editor’s absence
Maintain a constant vigilance for any potential breaking stories and new lines on developing ones throughout the day
Help turn around stories quickly and accurately, mindful of IPSO and legal issues.
Train reporters to ensure their copy is sharp and accurate and they are making best use of pictures and video
Work with our reporters and network of stringers to bring in agenda-setting scoops and exclusives that resonate with millions of readers around the world.
Work closely with our global network of freelancers
Work closely with our picture and video desk to tell stories in the most impactful way.
What we are looking for from you:
Experience working on the news desk of a foreign news department within a fast-paced newsroom is essential.
Unflappable under pressure
A passion for news and current affairs around the world
Ability to independently identify exclusives and original feature ideas
An awareness of SEO, social audiences and an understanding of how to recirculate readers within The Sun and keep them engaged
Full time availability – this is not a part time role
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 UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. In 2022 we launched TalkTV, a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs, entertainment and sport, with Piers Morgan in a primetime evening show. 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 our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want 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. 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 11 employee-led networks.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
30 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
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 covering pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please 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.
