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. 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 Sun is looking for a talented individual with a background in search engine optimisation, significant newsroom experience and a track record of delivering results.
As Deputy Head of SEO you will be responsible for supporting the Head of SEO in developing and implementing the editorial SEO strategy, as well as helping lead our large, talented team of SEO editors and writers in London.
You will support the development of The Sun’s digital growth strategy through technical and content SEO, application of SEO tools, data-led projects, and strategies for organic search, Discover and Google News.
Help grow organic search, Discover and Google News
Be confident in identifying search trends and communicating them to the newsroom
Help lead and manage a large team of SEO editors and reporters
Lead The Sun’s SEO breaking news and live blog strategy
Help oversee The Sun’s evergreen strategy
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
Liaise with different departments to ensure strategic SEO needs and objectives are met
Ensure, through training and monitoring, that SEO best-practice is adhered to
Monitor algorithmic changes and developments and help recommend actions to relevant teams
Perform competitor analysis and identify opportunities to improve and overtake in key markets
Communicating content plans around key events such as Love Island to the wider newsroom
Support content migrations and post-migration analysis & recovery
Keep up to date on the latest SEO developments and news
Organised and a good problem-solver, able to eliminate obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
Can demonstrate an understanding of The Sun brands
Newsroom experience essential
Sound technical SEO experience
At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what’s required for your role.
News UK is 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 and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local 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 multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.
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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