Senior SEO editor – The Sun (London)
The Sun Online is one of the biggest digital newsbrands in the UK and is now the fastest-growing news site in the US. The Sun’s multi-award-winning Audience department sits at the heart of our newsroom, with our talented journalists publishing the best coverage of news, sport, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family value. Our hugely successful SEO team sits at the core of our publishing operation and is constantly evolving, driving search traffic, growing new audiences, and building engagement and loyalty with our readers.
The role:
The Sun is looking for a talented individual to help lead the development of The Sun’s SEO strategy.
The Senior SEO editor will work on a rota so some evenings (usually four per month) and weekends (usually once a month) are essential to this rewarding role.
Day to day you will:
- Help grow organic search, Discover and Google News on all four of The Sun’s domains – thesun.co.uk / the-sun.com / thescottishsun.co.uk / thesun.ie
- Lead The Sun’s trending content output
- Lead The Sun’s SEO breaking news and live blog strategy
- Own the SEO strategy for specific sections on The Sun for example Travel or Sport
- Identify search trends and communicate them to the newsroom
- Be confident with a range of SEO tools (for example SEMRush and News Dashboard)
- Analyse and report back to the newsroom on SEO successes and failures
- Perform competitor analysis and identify opportunities to improve and overtake in key markets
- Monitor algorithmic changes and developments and help recommend actions to relevant teams
- Communicate with the newsroom on big breaking stories
- Be a go-to person for journalists and reporters seeking SEO advice
What we are looking for from you:
- Editorial background with experience in a digital publishing environment is a must
- A solid understanding of editorial SEO including Google Discover, Google News and organic search
- Some technical SEO knowledge
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, 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.
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
- Access to exclusive events Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books 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
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