Senior Newsletter Editor

Daily Mail; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Daily Mail is seeking a Senior Newsletters Editor to manage the writing, editing and production of the morning newsletter. The role runs 1pm–9pm, Mon–Thurs, with earlier hours on Fridays, and a hybrid setup with four days in the office in London.

You will write quickly with a lively tone, apply strong subbing skills, and use performance data to curate stories and inform strategy, collaborating across desks to showcase the best of our coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field.
• Sharp, fast copywriting and strong subbing ability.
• Excellent editorial judgement and news sense.
• Proven ability to make quick decisions.
• Strong data literacy and ability to turn data into insights.
• Ability to interpret trends and explain findings clearly.
• Experience collaborating with desks across a newsroom.
• Creative problem-solving and willingness to experiment.
• Experience with newsletters and email best practices.
• Experience in a fast-paced digital news environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and write/edit the daily morning newsletter with lively copy.
• Decide optimal send times during live news events.
• Maintain high editorial standards with accuracy and clarity.
• Analyze data to curate stories and inform strategy.
• Use performance data to guide story placement and headlines.
• Collaborate with newsroom desks to reflect top reporting.
• Translate data into actionable insights for the team.
• Propose experiments to boost engagement and conversions.
• Stay updated on industry trends and engagement best practices.

Skills

Copywriting

Subediting

Editorial judgement

Data literacy

Data analysis

News sense

Collaborative working

Experimentation

Newsletter experience

Newsroom experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism

Tools

Email platforms

Job description

Contract Type: Full-time/Permanent/ Hybrid – 4 days/week in the office

About the Role

The Daily Mail is recruiting a Senior Newsletters Editor to manage the writing, editing and production of our morning news newsletter.

The hours for this role are 1pm to 9pm, Mon-Thurs, with earlier hours on Fridays.

The successful candidate will be able to write quickly with a lively tone, have strong subbing skills and excellent news judgement. They will also be data literate, using performance data to curate stories and inform future strategy, and collaborate well with desks across the newsroom to show off the best of our coverage.

Main Responsibilities

• Build and write/edit the daily morning news newsletter, ensuring high-quality copy in a lively tone and a compelling mix of content
• Use news sense to make confident calls about when to send during live news events
• Maintain editorial standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and responsible reporting
• Analyse data and use editorial judgement to curate the most important, engaging and relevant stories for the newsletter
• Use performance data to make recommendations about story placement, picture choices, headline framing and content curation for future editions
• Collaborate with desks across the newsroom to ensure the newsletter reflects the best of our reporting and aligns with audience needs
• Translate audience and content performance data into actionable insights for newsletters team and wider newsroom to inform strategy
• Suggest and execute experiments aimed at optimising engagement and conversion
• Stay up to date with industry trends and audience engagement best practices

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field
• Adept at writing sharp copy, subbing and curating articles at a digital news publisher
• Excellent editorial judgement and news sense
• The ability to work and make decisions quickly
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using data to inform editorial decisions
• Excellent data literacy with the ability to interpret, visualise and explain trends clearly and to distil complex information into concise reports
• Ability to work closely with experienced journalists, building trust and credibility
• Creative problem-solving skills and a willingness to experiment
• Experience working with newsletters and knowledge of email best practices
• Experience working in a fast-paced newsroom environment

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.