Overview
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Your team: The Irish Sun is one of the biggest news brands in Ireland and continues to grow, with a talented, energetic team publishing the best coverage of news, sport, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family values.
Your role
Audience Engagement Editor: We are looking for an experienced and strategic Audience Editor to join the dynamic editorial team at thesun.ie, one of Ireland’s biggest websites.
Your role: You will be responsible for helping us grow and engage our readership in innovative ways, leading the audience team to work closely with reporters, editors and senior management to ensure that our journalism reaches the widest possible audience and has the greatest impact.
Day to day you will
* Oversee a comprehensive audience strategy, identifying key trends, opportunities and areas for content improvement
* Lead on SEO and other digital best practices to maximise the reach and visibility of our content
* Lead and manage audience and social media team — managing workflows, setting clear objectives, providing regular feedback
* Assist in managing social media accounts
* Assist in development and execution of premium subscription content
* Guide journalists on optimising content for search engines and social media, including writing and refining headlines and meta descriptions
* Monitor analytics and news feeds to surface the best content and recirculate readers within The Irish Sun
* Help execute and develop our push notification strategy
* Help oversee growth in video output as a key feature of the content we create
* Liaise with the UK Audience team on strategy and engagement
* Stay up to date with emerging digital platforms
What we are looking for from you
* Experience in a fast-paced newsroom
* Data-driven with strong analytical skills
* Expert level SEO expertise, especially on-page, with an interest in SEO and audience trends
* Good knowledge of technical SEO principles
* Effective project management and experience working with many stakeholders (Editorial/Commercial) to deliver strategy
* Excellent communication and presentation skills
* Ability to translate and crystallise key information for wider teams
* Great leadership skills with an innate ability to teach and develop others
* A passion for journalism and a keen understanding of the Irish media landscape
* Dynamic and entrepreneurial work style
Life at News
At News UK & Ireland our people are our heartbeat. We encourage flexible work arrangements and a hybrid approach between offices and remote work. We champion diversity and inclusion, support a Diversity Board, D&I training, creating more diverse content, and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.
We take pride in supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff. Some benefits include:
* A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 8%
* 30 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year
* Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary and paternity leave up to 2 weeks
* Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
* Eligible for private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
Please let us know, at any stage of the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments and we will 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. We promote an inclusive and diverse workplace to help people with disabilities build careers in media and ensure content is accessible to all.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Writing/Editing
Industries
* Retail Books and Printed News and Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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