Newsletter Editor

Newscareers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 5%

Private medical insurance

LinkedIn Learning access

Wellbeing benefits

Volunteering days

Job summary

News UK, publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times, is seeking a Newsletter Editor to oversee 30+ newsletters and drive daily operations. You will support growth and retention strategies, manage production calendars and ensure top quality across all send-outs.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience editing newsletters in a fast-paced newsroom, sharp editorial instincts, and proficiency with Sailthru and Substack, delivering compelling copy and effective audience engagement.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience editing, assembling and deploying newsletters in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Proven ability to write clear, compelling newsletter copy under tight deadlines.
• Instinct for compelling headlines and clean layout design.
• Proficiency with Sailthru and Substack platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily production calendar for newsletters, meeting deadlines and quality standards.
• Write and optimise subject lines, preview text and headlines to maximise open rates.
• Assist desks with story curation and asset gathering, and schedule newsletters as needed.
• Use audience data to identify optimisation opportunities and run A/B tests.
• Maintain and update automated newsletter workflows.
• Train editors on best practices, style guides and publishing tools.
• Collaborate with product, data and tech to resolve bugs or issues.
• Support rollout of newsletter launches, redesigns and pop-up series.

Skills

Newsletter editing

Headline writing

Audience analytics

Sailthru

Substack

Deadline management

Collaboration

Tools

Sailthru

Substack

Job description

Job Description

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your role:

The Times and The Sunday Times is looking for a Newsletter Editor to help manage the portfolio of 30+ newsletters and play a key role in daily operations.

This role will support the head and deputy head of newsletters in the execution of growth and retention strategies across this increasingly important area for audience engagement and development.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of audience engagement, strong editorial instincts and be hands on in production.

Day to day you will:

• Manage the daily production calendar for daily and weekly newsletters, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met and troubleshooting workflows
• Write and optimise subject lines, preview text and headlines to maximize open rates and engagement
• Assist newsroom desks with story curation and gathering assets, and schedule newsletters when needed
• Use audience data and insights to help identify areas for optimisation and A/B testing, including content mix, send timing and approaches to personalisation and segmentation
• Maintain and update automated newsletter workflows
• Train editors and sub-editors on newsletter best practice, style guides, templates and publishing tools, and be on hand to support them
• Collaborate with product, data and tech teams to resolve bugs or issues
• Support the operational roll-out of newsletter launches, redesigns and pop-up series

What we’re looking for from you:

• Hands-on experience editing, assembling and deploying newsletters within a fast-paced newsroom environment
• Proven ability to write clear, compelling newsletter copy and curate engaging editorial content under tight deadlines, with outstanding attention to detail
• An instinct for compelling headlines, subject lines and clean layout design
• Proficiency with major service providers such as Sailthru and Substack
• Ability to turn audience analytics into actionable insights
• Exceptional attention to detail and a rigorous approach to pre-send quality control
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate diplomatically with editors and other partners
• A proactive and problem-solving mindset

We are News UK

One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, as well as an extra anniversary day off
• Up to 3 paid volunteering days per year to support causes you care about

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [e-mail].