TV Editor Mirror & Magazines

Are you obsessed with the world of TV and the stars who make it happen? Do you have the vision to look 'beyond the obvious' and create TV content that truly resonates with massive audiences? Can you turn a shock twist on The Traitors into a must-read live blog in seconds?

We are looking for a powerhouse TV Editor to deliver distinctive, engaging, and agenda-setting TV coverage that resonates with digital audiences and strengthens the Mirror and Magazine brands including OK! and new! across all platforms, including site, secure, social, app, and print.

Reporting to the Head of Showbiz (with day-to-day direction from senior TV and showbiz desk members), you will pitch, write, commission, edit and optimise stories that address User Needs and are tailored to the most effective distribution channels, including search, Discover, homepage, and social.

This is a hybrid role linked to our Canary Wharf hub (3 days in hub per week), so we are therefore open to candidates based in and around London.

About us

Hello, we’re Reach. Every day, our trusted news, stories and content connect with millions of people where they live - whether that’s on their social feed or at their neighbourhood newsstand; through their local community or their take on the hot topic of the day.

We're home to more than 120 trusted brands - from household names like the Mirror, Express, Daily Star and Daily Record, to local titles like MyLondon, Belfast Live, and the Manchester Evening News, and brands making a splash in the US like the Irish Star.

It's our ability to understand people and the things that matter to them that makes us the UK and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher. We reach 70% of the UK's online population and speak to over 100 million social followers around the world. And we’re just getting started…

Your story, with Reach

As a modern media organisation, we're much more than just news. And it takes a wide range of people and skills to serve diverse audiences, customers and communities like we do.

We know everyone has their own story to tell, so we’ve built an environment where every background is respected and every day is a day to explore.

We’ll help you build a career that works with your life, while giving you the space to create and grow.

What will the role involve?

You will drive the Mirror and Magazines TV coverage by commissioning original, agenda-setting content while ensuring IPSO compliance and brand alignment. You will manage digital shifts, overseeing live broadcasts, breaking news, and exclusive interviews while mentoring a high-performance team to hit data-led KPIs. You will forward-plan major launches and curate multi-platform features for print and digital, utilizing SEO and user-needs frameworks to maximize engagement.

You will package all content with sharp headlines and strategic social distribution across platforms like Facebook and Reddit, ensuring every story and video is legally sound, accurate, and innovative.

You will regularly lead digital shifts for TV on Mirror Online, selecting the strongest TV digital stories, allocating to reporters, editing and creating online headlines and liaising with the homepage. You will cover Live TV on shift, during major TV shows such as Traitors and I’m A Celebrity, spotting the strongest lines and breaking news as it happens, taking a multi-platform approach to all content and giving TV fans what they want.

You will build trusted relationships and secure original, exclusive content, while reacting quickly to breaking entertainment and TV news. The role requires speed, creativity, and accuracy, with the ability to spot agenda-setting angles in a crowded space. This role involves working shifts on a rota basis including 1 weekend in 4 and 1 week of lates in 4, so a flexible approach is required.

Who are we looking for?

You are an experienced NCTJ or equivalent journalist and editor with a sharp instinct for TV stories and a proven record of delivering TV to create digital growth. You have extensive experience in a national newsroom or major magazine, ideally at desk-editor level, where you have mastered headline writing, homepage curation, and digital…