Lead Editor - Affiliates & Partnerships

Overview

Your role:
Reporting to the Head of Commerce Content, you will oversee the day-to-day output of The Sun's eCommerce editorial team to ensure high-quality delivery across all platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary team of creators, steering forward planning for major shopping events and implementing a sophisticated content strategy that balances editorial excellence with commercial success.

• Produce best-in-class daily content for our website and social channels.
• Manage content ideas from initial concept through to final publishing.
• Collaborate with the Audience Lead to drive growth and engagement across our channels.
• Edit and quality-control all work to ensure output remains compliant with ASA/CAP code guidelines.
• Manage freelancer budgets and the commissioning of shifts to maintain a steady content flow.
• Utilise analytic insights to shape content decisions and influence daily strategy.
• Oversee the Commercial Content Manager to ensure commercial campaigns align with our broader goals.
• Liaise with wider editorial stakeholders to ensure the effective monetisation of relevant content.

• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary teams of journalists or creators to meet specific revenue targets.
• Extensive experience in eCommerce and affiliate marketing with the ability to use data tools to drive performance.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex editorial ideas into actionable commercial plans.
• Deep understanding of publishing analytics tools such as SEMRush, Parse.ly, or Google Analytics to track audience growth.
• Strong project management skills with a focus on delivering quality content under tight deadlines.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to diversifying revenue streams and shaping commercial campaigns.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talk

SPORT, 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.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

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. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach.

Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we…