Sports Sub-Editor – The Times & The Sunday Times
We are looking for a sports sub-editor for The Times and The Sunday Times sport production department.
The successful candidate will be an experienced sub-editor who has worked at a national newspaper or for a digital publisher. Applicants must be able to edit copy and write headlines to a very high standard and have strong technical skills.
Apply with a covering letter and your CV by July 13.
Responsibilities
- Sub-edit copy and write headlines and furniture to a high standard in line with the style guide and select striking images to illustrate each article
- Support the head of sport production and their senior team to publish on deadline on all platforms
- Understand the requirements and expectations of the sport section editors
- Work with the sport desks and production colleagues in design, pictures, graphics and multimedia to produce editions efficiently
- Work across print and digital, which includes live blogs, tablet, social media posts and breaking news files
- This job will involve regular working in the newsroom
Skills and experience
- Strong sub-editor with a proven ability to edit copy quickly, accurately and to the highest standard
- Experience as a sub-editor on a national newspaper or news website with a demonstrable interest in sport
- Imaginative in writing headlines and other page/digital furniture with an eye for striking images and graphic ideas, while also aware of the importance of search engine optimisation and metadata
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to solve problems and negotiate
- Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
- Flexible and committed, comes up with ideas about how to improve the edition
- A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues
