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About the Role
This role serves as deputy to the news editor within the racing content team, focusing on creating a digital-first, audience-led news service for Racing Post platforms. The position involves managing a team of reporters, commissioning agenda-setting news, and driving innovative digital formats to deliver industry-leading coverage.
Responsibilities
- Act as duty news editor to manage the reporting team and deliver high-quality content
- Foster a creative environment that inspires reporters to produce distinctive and impactful stories
- Evolve and execute the digital-first news strategy using live blogs, explainers, and data-led journalism
- Collaborate with audience, social, video, and graphics teams to maximize content reach and impact
- Utilize audience data and editorial judgment to assess performance and improve commissioning
- Ensure rapid coverage of breaking stories with follow-up analysis and premium depth
- Line manage reporting team members, provide feedback, and raise standards of excellence
- Represent the news desk at editorial conferences and contribute to content planning
- Support the planning of news coverage and special projects
Requirements
- Experience commissioning and editing news in a fast-paced digital newsroom
- Excellent news judgment and ability to make rapid editorial decisions under pressure
- Strong understanding of digital publishing, audience behavior, and engagement formats
- Ability to provide clear, constructive feedback to a reporting team
- Proficiency in using audience data and analytics to inform editorial decisions
- Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
- Strong communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders
- Knowledge of media law, editorial compliance, and journalistic ethics
- Strong interest in horseracing and working knowledge of the betting industry
- Experience managing, coaching, or developing journalists is desirable
Skills
- Digital journalism
- News commissioning
- Editorial management
- Data-led journalism
- Media law
- Editorial compliance
- Audience analytics
- Team leadership
Location
- Head Office
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Nine-day fortnight
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Parental leave
- Working globally policy
- Mental health support
- Employee assistance programs
- Social gatherings
- Pension scheme
- Birthday off
- 25 days of holiday per year
- Life assurance
- Star card
- Step Further Awards employee recognition program
- Season Ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Complimentary Racing Post Members Club access
- Two days of paid volunteering per year
About the Company
- Global media and technology company focused on racing and sports betting
- Over 40 years of heritage in content and digital products
- Portfolio includes Racing Post, Pickswise, myracing, Free Super Tips, ICS-digital, and ICS-translate
- Employs over 400 people worldwide