Senior Merchandising Executive

News UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday

Pension with employer contributions

Flexible work arrangement (hybrid)

Training and LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

News UK, a leading media business, is seeking a Merchandising and Campaign specialist within the Travel Partnerships division to curate and promote travel products that align with our editorial content.

You will source exciting offers, create engaging digital content, and bridge commerce with our journalism. You will collaborate with the Editorial team, travel providers and agents, and track affiliate performance to optimise merchandising strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience in online travel merchandising and affiliate marketing.
• Familiarity with CMS and content publishing workflows.
• Strong English grammar and attention to detail.
• Ability to analyse data and report on performance.
• Proactive in meeting publishing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Source holidays and offers aligned with editorial content.
• Create pages for the Times Holidays site and manage media libraries.
• Manage daily liaison with Editorial on content links and edits.
• Analyse website traffic, set up tracking, and report affiliate activity.
• Monitor travel trends and adjust merchandising strategies.

Job description

Job Description

Your team:

You will be joining the Merchandising and Campaign team, which sits within our broader Travel Partnerships division. The purpose of this team is to curate, merchandise, and promote highly relevant travel products and services that align seamlessly with our world-class editorial content.

Your role:

Reporting to the Merchandising and Campaign Manager, this role is responsible for the visual presentation and promotional aspects of our travel products. You will play a vital part in attracting customers and driving sales by sourcing exciting travel offers, curating beautiful digital content, and bridging the gap between commerce and our award-winning journalism.

Day to day you will:

• Source relevant holidays and special offers that align with editorial content by collaborating closely with travel product providers and agents.
• Create engaging website pages for the Times Holidays website and curate high-quality image and video content libraries from third-party suppliers.
• Manage the daily relationship with the Editorial team regarding content links and edits, which includes leading communications and attending daily editorial meetings.
• Analyse website traffic, set up tracking, and conduct weekly reporting on affiliate activity to monitor link performance and optimise merchandising strategies.
• Monitor emerging travel trends, competitor activities, and shifting consumer preferences to ensure our travel offerings remain highly desirable.

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience within the online travel environment, demonstrating a broad knowledge of holiday destinations, current trends, and distinct products such as touring and cruising.
• Experience working to commercial targets and KPIs, confidently collaborating with suppliers to curate itineraries and promote them within digital articles.
• Navigate Content Management Systems (WordPress preferred) efficiently and utilise data tools like Excel or Google Sheets to track performance and analyse affiliate activity.
• Apply exceptional attention to detail and strong English grammar to accurately proof promotional content and ensure all tracking and affiliate links function flawlessly.
• Master new systems quickly and organise competing priorities to ensure all print and digital publishing deadlines are consistently met.

News UK is 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 and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local 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 multi‑format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

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, Equity and Inclusion 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 and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

We offer a flexible working arrangement where employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days per week. For the remaining two days, there is the option to work remotely if desired.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• 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%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year