News Editor

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
• Holiday buy scheme for extra flexibility
• Structured career progression & ongoing training
• Pension plan 
• Employee Helpline counselling and advice
• Perks & discounts including: 
  • Gym membership
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Eye care
  • Retail discounts
• Team building days & annual volunteer charity day

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a small team of journalists, helping them produce high-quality, engaging local journalism.
• Drive a digital-first news agenda, identifying stories and opportunities that will engage and grow our online audiences.
• Oversee the day-to-day news operation across both digital and print platforms.
• Plan coverage, allocate stories and ensure the newsroom responds quickly to breaking and developing news.
• Support reporters with story development, headlines, presentation and digital storytelling.
• Maintain high editorial standards across everything we publish.
• Build strong relationships within the communities we serve and ensure our journalism reflects the issues that matter locally.
• Provide wider editorial support and leadership across other titles when required.

Skills & Expertise

• NCTJ-qualified, with a strong grounding in media law and journalistic standards.
• Experience working in a local newsroom, with a strong understanding of what makes compelling local journalism.
• A digitally focused journalist who understands how audiences discover, consume and engage with news online.
• Strong news judgement and the ability to spot stories with real audience potential.
• Previous editing or newsroom leadership experience would be valuable, but this could equally suit an ambitious Senior Reporter looking for their first step into an editor role.
• Confident supporting, developing and motivating other journalists.
• Comfortable working across digital and print while putting audience growth and digital journalism at the centre of the newsroom.
• Organised, energetic and able to make good editorial decisions in a fast-moving news environment.