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About the Role

The Independent is recruiting an Audience Editor to play an essential role in maintaining and growing its audience across all platforms. You will work alongside editors and reporters across desks to commission, optimise and promote journalism. This role requires knowledge of various topics and experience managing social media, optimising news articles for search, and a firm grasp of grammar and journalistic training.

Responsibilities

• Monitor news and wires constantly for traffic opportunities
• Recraft headlines to make content pop on and off platform
• Help inform journalistic decisions with audience best practice in mind
• Help to implement social media strategy across all platforms
• Create engaging native content for all social media platforms, Facebook, Reddit and Instagram
• Use analytics platforms to report on performance and spot opportunities
• Suggest stories and subjects for different areas of the site, from news to culture, lifestyle to sport
• Drive the growth of The Independent across social media
• Develop SEO skills under the guidance of other team members

Requirements

• Strong familiarity with The Independent and its coverage
• Proven track record for increasing followers, engagement and traffic on social media or growth through SEO
• Excellent organisational and planning skills required to manage the daily/weekly/monthly publishing flow of an editorial team
• Ability to collaborate with editors to grow and increase audience, both on site and across platforms
• Ability to analyse complex issues and developing actionable insights and plans – using data from proprietary platform analytics (e.g. Facebook) and or third-party aggregate sources (e.g., CrowdTangle)
• Experience using reporting and analytics tools (Google Analytics, Chartbeat) or other tools
• Skilled content creator
• Expert knowledge of trends and tools for social media platforms
• Experience of working in a dynamic fast-paced media environment
• Journalistic background with newsroom and social media or SEO experience preferred
• Excellent social media or SEO skills, a strong interest in news and the ability to learn quickly will be considered

Skills

• Social media management
• Search engine optimization (SEO)
• Grammar
• Journalistic training (NCTJ or equivalent)
• Quick-thinking
• Working under pressure
• Content optimization
• Content promotion
• Social media platform expertise
• Analytics platforms
• Content creation
• Collaboration
• Data analysis
• Reporting tools
• Planning

Location

• Moorgate

Work Type

• Hybrid remote
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• NCTJ or equivalent journalistic training

About the Company

• Independent Media comprises The Independent, Standard Digital, Bulletin, BuzzFeed UK, HuffPost UK, Tasty UK, Seasoned, IndyBest and indy100.
• Harnessing market-leading innovation and excellence across its portfolio of pioneering brands, Independent Media has unrivalled scale, integrity and authority via its sites, apps, video, audio, experiential, newsletters and social media.
• Each Independent Media brand speaks in an authentic, unique voice to a loyal and distinct audience, standing together in their commitment to positivity, inclusivity, and quality journalism and content.
• Independent Media’s network reaches 650 million users each month, with 1.1 billion content views across its brands and platforms, including web, apps, social media, podcasts, email, YouTube, syndication partners and print.

Equal Opportunity

• We champion diversity in our teams and in our reporting.
• As a growing and global brand, we must have a workforce that’s more representative of our readers, viewers, clients and partners, and a workplace that creates a sense of belonging for everyone.
• We are committed to hiring and developing a diverse workforce regardless of background, and we support our people to thrive in their careers here.
• The Independent is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.