Deputy Editor, The Times Entrepreneurs Network

Job Description

Deputy Editor, The Times Entrepreneurs Network

We are seeking a deputy editor of The Times Entrepreneurs Network (TEN), the home of our coverage of ambitious private companies and the people running them.

The successful candidate will help run the channel, working with a small team of business reporters and freelance writers, delivering agenda-setting news stories, exclusive interviews and features, as well as contributing to our two highly-respected Sunday Times 100 fast-growth company programmes.

You must have the ability to work autonomously, deliver clear concise copy to strict deadlines, be brimming with brilliant ideas and have strong data skills. You should have experience reporting on business news at a national newspaper, major digital news outlet or trade publication.

This full-time position is available after the previous deputy editor of four years was promoted to associate business editor, on The Sunday Times.

Apply with a covering letter and your CV by July 22.

Responsibilities

• Be a self-starter who can adapt quickly to the daily demands of a national newspaper

• Write accurate, distinctive and engaging stories that provide our readers with insights, advice, and inspiration

• Build and maintain excellent contacts at key businesses and within government

• Edit and sharpen news stories, features and graphics to a high standard

• Deputise for the section editor in his absence, representing TEN in internal and external meetings, on Times Radio and at industry events

• Share the writing of a weekly newsletter, helping to improve it over time

  
  

Skills and experience

• Experience working as a senior business writer or editor for a national newspaper, news website or trade publication

• Strong news gathering skills, with the ability to run with stories as they develop, delivering them to strict deadlines

• Be familiar with company accounts and shareholding filings at Companies House

• Strong writing skills, keen attention to detail and meticulous fact-checking

• Unflappable and reliable under pressure

• Comfortable hosting events, webinars and dinner discussions

• Experience in digital story telling and SEO

  
  

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

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 our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, 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 have 13 employee led networks and groups 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

  
  

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