Business Editor, BirminghamLive

Reach plc; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Reach plc's BirminghamLive team is seeking a Business Editor to lead local business journalism with digital storytelling flair. Based in Birmingham, you will drive community growth, deliver breaking local and national business news, and build networks with the business community.

You’ll curate newsletters, live blogs, and subscriber-focused content while collaborating with commercial teams to maximise audience engagement and revenue opportunities for BusinessLive.

Qualifications

• You’ll live on patch and bring an extensive network of local contacts.
• Excellent understanding of search, social headlines, and newsletter strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily feed of unique, relevant business coverage for the local community.
• Source original stories that engage readers and inform on local business.
• Curate newsletters, live blogs, weekly roundups, and subscriber-focused journalism.
• Represent the title and BusinessLive across in-person events, social platforms, videos and podcasts.
• Feed standout enterprise, entrepreneurship and small-business stories to the BusinessLive platform.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to maximise revenue opportunities.

Skills

Local network

Digital storytelling

News judgment

Audience growth

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Job description

Are you a well connected journalist who knows what makes your local businesses and community tick? Do you want to create must-read business content that drives reader loyalty and needs to be read by your audience?

We are looking for a public facing Business Editor with digital storytelling skills to join our BirminghamLive team and expand our Business journalism offering by driving community and network growth through breaking local and national business news.

This is a hybrid role based out of our Birmingham office. As the position involves attending in-person events that may fall during early mornings, evenings, or weekends, you must be based in or around the area and be able to work flexibly where required.

Please Note: This advert will close at midnight on Thursday 3rd September.

About us

Hello, we’re Reach. Every day, our trusted news, stories and content connect with millions of people where they live - whether that’s on their social feed or at their neighbourhood newsstand; through their local community or their take on the hot topic of the day.

We're home to more than 120 trusted brands - from household names like the Mirror, Express, Daily Star and Daily Record, to local titles like the Manchester Evening News, MyLondon, BelfastLive and brands making a splash in the US like the Irish Star.

It's our ability to understand people and the things that matter to them that makes us the UK and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher. We reach 70% of the UK's online population and speak to over 100 million social followers around the world. And we’re just getting started…

Your story, with Reach

As a modern media organisation, we're much more than just news. And it takes a wide range of people and skills to serve diverse audiences, customers and communities like we do.

We know everyone has their own story to tell, so we’ve built an environment where every background is respected and every day is a day to explore.

We’ll help you build a career that works with your life, while giving you the space to create and grow.

Job Description

What the role will involve:

• Providing a daily feed of unique, relevant business coverage of interest to the local community.
• Sourcing original stories which tell the readers what’s going on in the local business community in a way which informs and engages.
• Curating must-read newsletters, live blogs, weekly roundups, and exclusive subscriber-focused journalism that drives daily site visits.
• Actively developing key networks, engaging with influential people within the business community, and representing your title and BusinessLive in person, on social platforms, in videos, and on podcasts.
• Feeding standout regional enterprise, entrepreneurship, and small-business stories into the freshly relaunched BusinessLive platform.
• Working with colleagues in commercial teams to maximise revenue opportunities for the business journalism portfolio.

Qualifications

What you'll need to succeed:

• You’ll live on patch and bring, or rapidly build, an extensive network of local contacts.
• An excellent understanding of search, social headlines, newsletter strategy, and digital-first formats.
• A clear understanding of what content hooks audiences into making your coverage a daily part of their business and personal life.
• The confidence to represent the brand and work closely with local business leaders.
• A self-starting attitude and the ability to maintain and drive publishing standards.

Additional Information

We know that everyone has their own story to tell, and we value potential, passion and the perspectives that different backgrounds bring to our work.

Diverse perspectives strengthen our teams and help us better serve our audiences, which is why we’re dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and supported. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair and welcoming to all, without discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.

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