Executive Editor

Reform UK is seeking an exceptional Executive Editor to lead its expanded editorial, broadcast and digital content operation from the party's Westminster headquarters. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for building a high-quality, high-output media operation capable of delivering at national scale in the build-up to the next general election and beyond.

A central priority will be the development of Reform TV and Reform UK's wider broadcast and video output: creating distinctive programmes and formats, commissioning original content, maximising the Westminster studio and building the production capability required to deliver ambitious live and recorded output at speed.

The Executive Editor will lead across broadcast, video, website/news and social, ensuring they operate as one coherent editorial operation. The role combines the editorial judgement of a senior newsroom leader, the production experience of a senior broadcaster and the audience instincts of a modern media executive.

• Lead the editorial and production operation
• Lead Reform UK's expanded editorial team, setting clear priorities, delegated authority, standards and performance expectations across Broadcast & Video, News & Website and Brand Social Media.
• Set the overall editorial direction and daily content agenda, identifying the stories, political moments and ideas around which Reform UK should build its output.
• Establish a highly organised seven-day operation with effective commissioning, forward planning, rotas, handovers, escalation, weekend coverage and rapid-response capability.
• Recruit, coach and retain high-performing talent, and deploy budgets, studio capacity and production resources around the content most likely to generate impact.

Shape the editorial and creative vision for Reform TV, developing it into a distinctive media proposition rather than simply a distribution channel for existing political content.

Develop and commission acompelling slate of repeatable programmes and formats,including interviews,debates, panel shows,packages, explainers,documentaries,political analysis,personality-led programming and live events.

Work closely with the Head of Video and senior production staff from concept through delivery, balancing ambitious planned output with the ability to react rapidly to breaking news and political opportunities.

Build recognisable formats,presenters,contributors and franchises, whileidentifyingopportunities formajor interviews,exclusive access,location shoots,outside broadcasts and special programming.

Maximise the use and impact of Reform UK's Westminster studio as a reliable engine for high-quality live and recorded programming.

Oversee editorial and production planning for live programmes, interviews, events, speeches, press conferences and breaking-news coverage.

Ensure robust processes across research, scripts, guests, running orders, technical delivery, compliance, post-production and distribution.

Set clear production standards, contingency plans and escalation routes so output can increase in speed and volume without compromising quality.

Directly oversee the Website Editor, Head of Video and Head of Social, holding each team accountable for quality, reach, engagement and impact within one editorial strategy.

Ensure major stories, speeches, campaigns and political moments are commissioned as complete content packages rather than isolated posts or videos.

Decide where premium production adds value and where speed, immediacy and authenticity matter more.

Ensure strong broadcast and long-form content is intelligently repurposed into clips, explainers, articles, graphics, short-form video and social assets.

Encourage disciplined experimentation with programmes, presenters and treatments, scaling what works and stopping what does not.

Ensure content is conceived with distribution and audience behaviour in mind from the outset and adapted appropriately for each platform.

Oversee the website as an authoritative destination for news, video, policy and political content, encouraging audiences to watch, return, subscribe, register, join and participate.

Stay close to changing audience behaviour, platform trends and new forms of media consumption so Reform UK continues to reach audiences wherever they are moving.

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