At a Glance
- Tasks: Curate and optimise engaging automotive content for a global audience on the MSN platform.
- Company: Join Autocar, a leading name in automotive journalism with a dynamic newsroom culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, flexible hours, and health cash plans for your well-being.
- Other info: Work from anywhere for up to 3 weeks a year and enjoy excellent career growth.
- Why this job: Make an impact by shaping how car reviews and features reach millions worldwide.
- Qualifications: Experience in a fast-paced newsroom and strong editorial judgement required.
The predicted salary is between 33000 - 37000 £ per year.
Location - Twickenham
Hybrid Working - 3 Days in the Office
Salary - £33,000-37,000 Depending on Experience
Autocar is seeking a Syndication Editor with a sharp newsroom instinct to manage our content on the MSN platform. As Microsoft seeks to diversify its appeal combining galleries with authoritative, long‑form journalism, your role is to ensure Autocar’s industry‑leading car reviews, deep‑dive features, and breaking news packages are positioned for maximum reach and revenue. You will treat the feed like a digital front page, selecting and optimising our best editorial work for a massive global audience.
Responsibilities
- Curate and package: Select and schedule Autocar’s premium long‑form features, galleries, news, and reviews for the MSN ecosystem.
- Optimise for quality: Craft compelling, accurate headlines and choose striking imagery that drives engagement without resorting to sensationalism.
- Feed management: Monitor the CMS and RSS feeds to ensure seamless content ingestion and formatting.
- Analyse performance: Track real‑time audience data on the Microsoft dashboard to refine our syndication strategy and boost traffic.
Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria
- Newsroom experience: A solid background in a fast‑paced digital newsroom or automotive publication; you know what makes a story authoritative and timely.
- Quality focus: A natural preference for substantive, deeply reported automotive journalism.
- Sharp editorial judgment: Strong copy‑editing skills and a strict adherence to Autocar’s tone of voice and journalistic standards.
We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
- Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days
- Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments
- Generous contributory pension scheme
- Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring all candidates have the same opportunity to succeed, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability.
