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About the Role
As Newsletters Editor, you will be responsible for the Racing Post's portfolio of email newsletters across racing and sport. You will commission, edit, produce, and write emails, ensuring they reach and engage a broad audience. You will also shape the future direction of the newsletters portfolio, propose new emails, and work with CRM and marketing teams to convert users into subscribers.
Responsibilities
- Own the quality, consistency, and tone of voice of all editorial newsletters.
- Own the newsletter portfolio, determining launches, retirements, and evolutions based on reader data and target audience.
- Commission newsletter content from editorial teams, working with desk editors to secure contributors and quality.
- Write and edit newsletters, bringing a strong voice and energy to the product.
- Build newsletter capability across the department, coaching writers and desk editors.
- Partner with CRM on newsletter timing, layout, segmentation, and testing.
- Drive the technical ambition of newsletters, introducing features like live odds and personalization.
- Define success metrics and work with data and CRM teams to track them.
- Turn newsletter data into actionable insights for the wider newsroom.
- Drive newsletter sign-up growth alongside Audience and Marketing teams.
- Provide cover and editorial support for the Premium Editor as required.
Requirements
- A track record of creating journalism that people want to read, with sharp writing and a lively voice.
- A confident, quick, and decisive editor with an eye for detail and reader-focused angles.
- Experience of writing, editing, and commissioning newsletters.
- Understanding of newsletters as editorial products with distinct audience dynamics and best practices.
- Confidence using performance data to inform editorial decisions and turning audience trends into concise, impactful reports.
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across editorial and the business.
- Able to set and hold editorial standards across desks without formal authority.
- Genuine interest in what data, personalization, and product development can add to email.
- Familiarity with Braze or equivalent email platforms is desirable.
- Knowledge of racing and betting is highly desirable.
Skills
- Writing
- Editing
- Commissioning
- Data analysis
- Collaboration
- Editorial judgment
- CRM partnership
- Audience engagement
- Content strategy
- Product development
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Excellent parental leave
- Working globally policy
- Mental health support
- Assistance programs
- Social gatherings
- Pension scheme
- Various other benefit schemes
- Birthdays off work
- 25 days of holiday per year
- Life assurance
- Star card
- Step Further Awards
- Season Ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Complimentary access to Racing Post Members Club with Ultimate Membership
- Two days per year volunteer time with charity partner
About the Company
- Spotlight Sports Group is a global media and technology company focused on creating trusted, customer-driven experiences across global racing and sports betting.
- They combine over 40 years of heritage with bold innovation to deliver award-winning content, data, and digital products.
- With over 400 employees worldwide, their portfolio includes Racing Post, Pickswise, myracing, Free Super Tips, ICS-digital, and ICS-translate.
- They partner with leading operators, affiliates, and media groups to power growth and engagement in the industry.