Social & Engagement Editor
The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day.
Your Team
The Sun’s multi‑award‑winning Audience department sits at the heart of our newsroom, with talented journalists publishing coverage across news, sport, TV, showbiz, lifestyle, and family values. The team constantly evolves, driving record traffic across all platforms, growing new audiences, and building engagement and loyalty.
Your Role
We are looking for a highly motivated Social & Engagement Editor with deep knowledge of social media platforms and engagement tools such as newsletters and polls to join our award‑winning team at the heart of the newsroom.
Day to Day
- Play a key role in the ongoing development and execution of The Sun’s social media and engagement strategy, including the transformation of our video distribution strategy.
- Curate content from across to satisfy a growing range of audience demographics.
- Edit and maintain The Sun’s social media channels to a high standard in close conjunction with the rest of the team.
- Curate, edit and distribute our vast range of newsletters every week to our loyal subscribers, implementing new growth strategies.
- Contribute to The Sun’s adoption of emerging social platforms and tools, and take responsibility for the growth of new social channels.
- Work directly with editorial, digital, video, picture, design, commercial and marketing teams, ensuring their respective demands are met.
- Provide the newsroom with sufficient insight to produce stories and take responsibility for their subsequent distribution on social media channels and to subscribers.
- Focus on targets and be clear on what is required in order to meet them.
- Work flexibly, including early morning, evening and weekend shifts (currently hybrid WFH and office).
Qualifications & Experience
- Wide knowledge of social media platforms and current affairs.
- Strong knowledge of the value newsletters and engagement tools provide.
- Unflappable under pressure and delivering work at a consistently high standard.
- Proactive and willing to take on any task.
- Positive attitude and a great team player.
- Take initiative to achieve desired results.
- Organised and a good problem‑solver, able to eliminate obstacles creatively and adaptively.
- Demonstrated understanding of The Sun brand and audience, both print and digital.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions.
- Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in‑person/virtual exercise classes.
- Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme.
- Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books.
- Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary and paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
- Access to exclusive events and competitions with 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%.
- Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
- 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.
We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at (email protected) to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.
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