Audience Development Manager

Job Description

The Sun Online is the biggest digital newsbrand in the UK and 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. The team is constantly evolving, driving record traffic across all platforms, growing new audiences, and building engagement and loyalty with our readers.

The Sun is looking for a talented, dynamic individual, with newsroom and audience development experience, to manage data-driven editorial projects with the aim of reaching new audiences and driving loyalty and engagement.

The role is based at News UK’s London headquarters.

Day to Day you will:

• Deliver insights and recommendations that drive editorial, distribution, engagement and commercial strategies.

• Present and implement persuasive, data-led strategies that are based on an understanding of the Sun’s content and audience, to support and diversify The Sun’s digital growth.

• Perform regular competitor analysis and identify opportunities to improve and overtake across all formats.

What we are looking for from you:

• Be able to analyse and explain complex data, and persuasively present findings around the newsroom.

• Have a strong understanding of content, SEO and social media.

• Be assertive within the team, unflappable under pressure, and have experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

• Have an outstanding attitude and be a good team player.

• Be a self-starter, organised and a good problem-solver, able to eliminate obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the Sun brand, its competitors and the wider digital publishing market.

Life at News

At News UK some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to offer exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women’s Steering Group.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.

In addition we also offer:

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

• 30 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;

• 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.

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.