Communities Moderator

dmg:media; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension & Life Cover

Discounts & Vouchers

Onsite Gym

Job summary

Daily Mail is seeking a full-time community moderator for our London team. This hybrid role covers 40 hours weekly, with rotating shifts including nights and weekends. You will monitor comments, enforce house rules, and engage readers using polls and CTAs across articles.

Ideal candidates have 1+ years moderating digital communities, strong judgement, and familiarity with IPSO and the Editors’ Code. Journalism experience is a plus but not required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years’ experience in moderating for digital community boards.
• Flexible shift pattern including weekends and night shifts.
• Knowledge of IPSO and the UK Editors’ Code of Practice.
• Strong understanding of current affairs from hard news to celebrity gossip.
• Excellent judgment and ability to manage reader interactions.

Responsibilities

• Monitor list of filed copy and determine moderation needs.
• Moderate reader comments per house rules and legal requirements.
• Flag issues to senior editors and address reader queries about policy.
• Use tools to boost reader engagement within articles (polls, CTAs).

Skills

Moderation experience

IPSO knowledge

Current affairs awareness

Social platforms knowledge

Excellent judgment

Job description

Job Title - Community Moderator
Location – London, Highstreet Kensington

Daily Mail is looking for a full-time talented community moderator to join the London team.

This is a hybrid position and will be 40 hours, involving weekdays, night shifts and weekends, between Monday and Sunday on a rotating shift pattern.

Main Responsibilities:

• Monitor running list of filed copy and make judgement calls on the type of moderation required
• Moderating reader comments based on house rules and legal requirements
• Monitor user discussions and flag any issues with senior communities editors
• Address reader queries relating to our communities policy and comments section
• Utilise and create tools to increase reader engagement within articles such as polls and CTAs, producing intriguing and thought-provoking questions for our readers

Person Specification:

• 1+ years’ experience in moderating for digital community boards
• Flexible approach to shift patterns including weekend and night shifts
• Prior journalistic experience desirable but not essential
• In-depth knowledge of current affairs from hard news to celebrity gossip
• Excellent judgment
• Knowledge of social platforms
• Understanding of legal covenants such as the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) and the UK Editors’ Code of Practice

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

DAILY MAIL

Daily Mail is an award-winning, multi-platform newsbrand reaching more than 33 million print and online readers each month. The world-famous Mail offers a unique blend of breaking news, agenda-setting exclusives, showbiz, Femail, health, sport and lifestyle stories across print, digital, video, audio and social channels.

Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats delivers highly engaging, trusted Daily Mail content to millions of loyal and new audiences. Founded in 1896, The Daily Mail is today the largest news publisher on TikTok, with more than 28 million total followers and more than 45 billion views in the past year. A trailblazing global phenomenon, Daily Mail is part of dmg media.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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