Associate Editor

Location:

Glasgow

Department:

The Scottish Sun

Salary Details:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

12 May 2024

Job Description

Associate Editor

Associate Editor Vacancy - The Scottish Sun is recruiting an Associate Editor to join our talented team.

The Team: We are The Scottish Sun. The Scottish Sun is Scotland’s No.1, award-winning newsbrand. The Scottish Sun cares about quality of life, the kind of world we live in, and about people. The Scottish Sun is more than a newspaper. It is an instigator, an entertainer, a cultural reference point, a finger on the pulse and a daily relationship. The Scottish Sun strives to the very highest standards of accuracy in its reporting, and continues to invest in original journalism in print and online.

Your Team: You will join the top leadership and backbench team, working alongside some of the most talented journalists in the industry.

The role: This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in the day to day running and development of the award-winning print and digital content of Scotland’s No1 newsbrand.

As a key member of the senior team the Associate Editor will support the Editor-in-Chief, help lead and manage multiple teams and will also play an integral role in driving positive change across all formats. The ideal candidate will be skilled and experienced in content across all formats as well as production journalism. They will have an abundance of drive, energy and ambition and have a track record in proactively taking on responsibility and delivering results.They must be comfortable working across all platforms with a story first team while also being able to manage a significant additional workload. Strong organisational, people and communication skills are a must in order to assist in creating a diverse and inclusive product and talent pool.

Day to Day you will:

• Drive production across the week.

• Write fantastic headlines and design sparkling pages for Scotland’s best-selling newspaper.

• Work across news and features including breaking news, court stories, hard-hitting politics, serious investigations, gritty real life, showbiz tales and editing daily columnists.

• Turn ordinary news or features ideas into a great spread or great video package.

• Contribute ideas for all platforms.

• Monitor digital for content opportunities and quality control.

• Work to our extremely high standards.

• Be fully aware of potential legal issues and must always act in accordance with the PCC Code of Conduct.

What we’re looking for from you:

• An impeccable background in journalism.

• Extensive knowledge of Scottish politics.

• Proven track record in managing print and digital teams.

• Experience or knowledge of video and audio content

• Adapt to changing priorities across both print and digital

• Be flexible working across 7 days*

• Able to motivate and encourage team members

• Have great people management skills and a desire to bring out the best in people

• Be able to work effectively and calmly under pressure

• Be organised and have the ability to look beyond the day-to-day pressures with forward planning and strategic thinking

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world. Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships , free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting 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%

• 30 days holiday , plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.