Social media and platforms journalist, The Times & The Sunday Times
Social media and platforms journalist – 1 year FTC
The social media and platforms journalist is responsible for curating and commissioning stories, pictures and video content for our social media and third-party platforms including Apple News + and Google Showcase. This job requires someone with demonstrable experience of visual storytelling on social platforms, adept at making the most of aspirational content from a visual point of view.
You will work closely with journalists, designers and multimedia teams to present a variety of content types in the best possible way.
Expertise in optimising copy for social media, choosing the best format in which to present stories, sourcing stories through social media and using data to inform your decisions are essential. You’ll be a keen innovator with lots of ideas and the ability to run controlled tests that can inform long-term strategies.
Responsibilities
- Writing and editing copy as well as adapting pictures and multimedia for social media platforms
- Editing and selecting content to appear on Apple News and Google Showcase
- Creating social media activity that engages its intended audience, inline with Times news values
- Expertise in creative storytelling: comfortable using a variety of techniques, from GIFs to interactives, polls to live Q&As
- Ability to pull editorial insights from data, understanding various platform-specific metrics to inform decisions
- Champion the use of social media in the newsroom
Skills and experience
- Journalist with strong news judgement
- Knowledge of social media trends and emerging platforms
- Highly organised, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Able to collaborate with others and work well in groups
- Can clearly articulate story ideas
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
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