Assistant News Editor

The Sun is Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper and largest mobile news brand – and still growing – with a talented, diverse team that publishes the best news, sport, showbiz, and lifestyle coverage in the business.

Your role:

We are looking for a new Assistant News Editor to help grow our award-winning operation. This is a rare opportunity for the right applicant to join The Sun’s news desk.

Day to day you will:

1. Run the biggest news stories of the day and oversee major breaking news
2. Help develop The Sun Online’s off-diary operation and improve the quality and quantity of our original content
3. Manage and run reporters on the ground, pursuing the biggest stories of the day, and see tips through to finished stories
4. Liaise with agencies and freelancers to ensure our coverage stays ahead of the competition
5. Help train and develop talented young reporters and maximize their potential
6. Assist the news editor with team management
7. Lead the news operation as required, including nights and weekends

What we are looking for from you:

• Experience working at national newsdesk level with a record of delivering exclusives
• Experience managing multiple reporters simultaneously
• Knowledge of and experience with recognised search tools
• Experience leading news operations on occasion
• Solid contacts with agencies and freelancers across the UK and internationally
• Ability to spot potential in stories and flair for news
• Calm under pressure and consistently high work standards
• Positive attitude and team player
• Understanding of The Sun brand, both print and digital
• Flexibility to work shift patterns across 7 days

About News UK: One of the UK and Ireland’s leading media companies, with brands including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, and The TLS. Our broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, talkRADIO, and Virgin Radio UK. We also operate market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. In 2022, we launched TalkTV, a major new TV channel delivering news, current affairs, entertainment, and sport, featuring Piers Morgan in a primetime show. Our brands reach nearly 40 million people monthly across digital, print, audio, video, events, and experiences, representing diverse communities. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News: We value our people and support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid models. We champion diversity and inclusion through various initiatives, training, and networks. We prioritize staff health and wellbeing, offering benefits such as a generous pension scheme, holiday entitlement, parental leave, training, private medical insurance, gym discounts, and wellbeing services. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and accessible content for all, promoting diversity and supporting individuals with disabilities.

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