Sport SEO Editor (FTC)

Your Team: The Sun Online is the biggest mobile news brand in the UK - and still growing! - with a young talented diverse team who publish the best coverage of news sport TV and showbiz lifestyle and family value.Our hugely successful award-winning Audience Development team sits at the core of our publishing operation and is constantly evolving growing new audiences and building engagement and loyalty with our readers.Were looking for a Sport SEO Editor (fixed term contract) to work in our fast-paced newsroom and provide support to the Sport department journalists and editors - from day-to-day guidance to longer-term insight.Day to day you will:Act as a daily go-to person for journalists and reporters seeking advice or improvements to articlesAbility to understand what makes sport blogs drive search traffic at key search periodsManage our live football boxing darts snooker and other sport blogs in a minute-by-minute environment and liaise with key homepage editors on look and feelReport each morning on the top SEO keywords driving trafficMake recommendations to journalists for relevant keywords and keyword combinations to target on articles and blogsMake further recommendations on what articles should be earmarked to do well on Google Discover and how to keep them optimisedReport each morning on how The Suns sport pages are ranking compared to rivalsPre-plan for future articles and events by building out topics and doing keyword research for upcoming exclusives or eventsMonitor trending data for newsroom suggestions and pass to editorial desksOptimise top pages for relevant keywordsForward link top traffic driving pages to other more recent articles to encourage circulationMonitor daily output and ensure relevant cross-linking in articles e.g. ensure 2 other article links in copy relevant anchor text and links to topic pages. Either by editing themselves or by working with the relevant deskEnsure articles and pages are correctly taggedBuild out topic pages and tag existing articlesEdit or ensure that picture captions are suitably written and include crawlable/indexable data e.g. Taylor and Tom take to the skies in private jet vs The couple boarded her private jetHave an appreciation of how great visuals work in a crowded marketplace on Google Top StoriesEdit and/or complete metadata on topics and articlesWork across a rolling rota including some nights and weekends to cover the biggest sporting events Skills and Experience:Editorial background with experience in a digital publishing environmentExpert knowledge and interest in the British sporting landscapeKnowledge of US sport desirableGood understanding of the principles of SEOExperience of optimising websites for SEOFamiliar with a range of SEO toolssuch as GSC SEM Rush Trisolute News Dashboard or MajesticAn understanding of how Google Discover works and best practicesExperience of working within Wordpress 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 talkRADIO and Virgin Radio and we have market-leading local radio stations across 2022 we launched TalkTV a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK delivering a schedule of news current affairs entertainment and sport. Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print audio and video events and experiences our brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.Life at NewsAt News UK some of us work flexibly in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you need. We cant promise to offer exactly what you want but we do promise not to judge you for asking.We champion diversity and inclusion we strive to maximise and encourage every individuals potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board D&I strategy & training creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity News is Out GenZ Sustainability Champions News for Parents Women in Tech News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Womens Steering Group.We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions discounted gym memberships ClassPass at Home weekly virtual HIIT yoga and run club classes and a Bikes for Work scheme as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage counselling and legal support.In addition we also offer:A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;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.We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing so feel free to let us know at any stage whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and we will do our best to accommodate.About The CandidateAbout The CompanyRequired Experience:Contract Key Skills Linkbuilding,SEO Tools,Keyword Research,Google Analytics,CSS,Conversion Optimization,HTML5,SEM,Google Search Console,SEO,Omniture,Wordpress Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1