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About The Role

The Telegraph is a very busy 24 hour news operation publishing over multiple platforms. The managing editor’s office is responsible for the overall administration of the editorial department, particularly financial, people and strategic issues. It is also the main point of contact in managing the relationship between the editorial and commercial departments ensuring that the advertising, commercial content and commercial relationships we enter into are appropriate to the Telegraph brand. This extends from advertising through content partnerships to commerce initiatives. In addition this role will support the managing editor as necessary on projects and issues that arise.
Key Responsibilities

• Working with the advertising department to ensure that advertising is appropriate for the Telegraph brand
• Assessing and signing off Editorially Integrated Partnerships proposals to ensure they fit with the editorial strategy and standards of the Telegraph.
• Monitoring and managing editorial paginations and liaising with commercial and operations departments on newspaper construction.
• Ensuring labelling of commercial content makes its provenance clear to our audience.
• Working with editorial and commercial departments to develop content areas that would be appropriate for the consumer and attractive to commercial sponsors.
• Working with the Rewards department on editorial input into subscriber-facing and open events.
• Maintenance of editorial calendar that permits commercial departments to forward plan sales initiatives.
• Liaising with marketing department on internal adverts for Telegraph commerce and events.
• Ad hoc projects around general newsroom management and delivery of initiatives. This may involve contractual work.
• Support for training functions, particularly in relation to editorial’s interface with commercial.

Key Skills Experience of working in an editorial management function within a news or magazine organisation

• A strong background in journalism and a sound understanding of how editorial departments work.
• Strong people skills and the ability to deliver constructive outcomes to situations in which there are multiple conflicting views.
• Strong negotiator with a keen sense of when and how to compromise and when not to.
• Understanding the commercial basis of news organisations and the different revenue streams that they command.
• Familiarity with print and digital design, and able to define how commercial content should appear in order to meet our obligations to the subscriber and other readers.
• Numerate, and comfortable with complex financial information. Experience of running budgets successfully.
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects. A meticulous and clear planner.
• Clear and decisive, a good communicator of both good and bad news.
• Experience and comfort with contractual, legal and compliance matters.
• Experience in people management and HR principles

Our 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 by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. 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.
Training and development
With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.
Our commitment to inclusion
At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.
To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website