Content Editor - Liverpool Echo

Hull Live | Hull Daily Mail; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Reach Plc is seeking a Content Editor for the Liverpool Echo. This full-time, permanent role involves managing content creation and supporting a team of reporters to enhance audience engagement. Ideal candidates are experienced journalists with a strong understanding of digital media and audience dynamics. This role provides an opportunity to impact a leading news outlet's strategy significantly.

Benefits

Pension scheme with company match up to 6%

25 days holiday plus additional leave after service

Giving back day for community involvement

Enhanced family leave benefits

Private Healthcare Cash Plan

Support for learning and development

Qualifications

• Experienced senior journalist with media law knowledge.
• Proven track record in fast-paced digital environments.
• Strong background in audience engagement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support team of reporters in delivering engaging content.
• Organise and manage publishing of news and lifestyle content.
• Oversee social media channels and develop content strategy.

Skills

Content Management

Storytelling

SEO Knowledge

Social Media Savvy

People Management

Education

Senior NCTJ/NQJ Level 6 journalism qualification

Job description

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Company Description

We are looking for a

• Full-time
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Location: Liverpool
• Division: Editorial
• Salary Currency: GBP Sterling
• Department: Regionals
  
  

Company Description

We are looking for a Content Editor to join the Liverpool Echo. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Content Editor looking for a new challenge or a senior reporter keen to take the next step in their journalism career.

You will play a key role in our strategy to continue to grow our audience at scale, to deepen our relationship with existing readers and to reach our underserved communities. The ideal candidate will be confident taking the lead on big breaking news coverage, brimming with story ideas and a creative and innovative thinker.

We’re looking for fresh ideas and new perspectives from people from a wide range of backgrounds so we can continue to diversify our content.

So, who are we?

We are Reach Plc. You might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, YorkshireLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human.

Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too.

This role is based in our Liverpool city centre Hub and we are therefore open to candidates based in and around Liverpool.

Job Description

What will the role involve?

You will support a team of reporters to deliver great content, including words, pictures, video, data and interactives, ensuring we get the highest possible levels of audience engagement. You will organise and manage the publishing of fresh, engaging, accurate and legally-sound news and lifestyle content. Live coverage is a vital part of our newsrooms, so you will use your excellent news sense to know when to launch live blogs for big stories and how to maintain momentum as readers flock to our sites.

You will be a hands-on people manager, supporting and inspiring your team to pitch and write great stories. You will oversee our websites and social media channels, helping to develop our social strategy. You will play a crucial role in developing our Customer Value Strategy, focusing on newsletters and looking for opportunities to maximise our audience loyalty. This role will involve working shifts on a rota basis including evenings and weekends so a flexible approach is required.

Qualifications

Who are we looking for?

You are an experienced senior journalist with your Senior NCTJ/NQJ Level 6 journalism (or in-house equivalent) qualification or relevant time served with extensive UK media law knowledge. You have a proven track record of writing and editing digital news content in a fast-paced newsroom environment. You are a first class writer and storyteller with a thorough understanding of our news brands and audience engagement strategies. You have a good understanding of SEO, search, social and digital audience behaviour.

You are social media savvy and have experience utilising various social platforms including but not limited to Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok.. Ideally you have prior people management experience, or you are keen to step up into a management role, utilising your communication, motivation and people skills to do so. You have excellent local knowledge and can use this to inform your content decisions.

Additional Information

What can we offer you?

We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;

• Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and well match contributions up to 6%
• 25 days holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years service with Reach, you'll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Giving back day - an additional days leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
• Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and you'll be eligible after just six months employment
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
• As one of the UKs top 50 Inclusive Employers everyones invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
• Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
• Awesome career opportunities - you'll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
  
  

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

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