Newsletter Editor

Newsletter Editor

Location:

London

Department

The Times & The Sunday Times

Salary Range:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

18 Oct 2026

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

The Times and The Sunday Times is looking for a Newsletter Editor to help manage the portfolio of 30+ newsletters and play a key role in daily operations.

This role will support the head and deputy head of newsletters in the execution of growth and retention strategies across this increasingly important area for audience engagement and development.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of audience engagement, strong editorial instincts and be hands on in production.

• Manage the daily production calendar for daily and weekly newsletters, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met and troubleshooting workflows

• Write and optimise subject lines, preview text and headlines to maximize open rates and engagement

• Assist newsroom desks with story curation and gathering assets, and schedule newsletters when needed

• Use audience data and insights to help identify areas for optimisation and A/B testing, including content mix, send timing and approaches to personalisation and segmentation

• Maintain and update automated newsletter workflows

• Train editors and sub‑editors on newsletter best practice, style guides, templates and publishing tools, and be on hand to support them

• Collaborate with product, data and tech teams to resolve bugs or issues

• Support the operational roll‑out of newsletter launches, redesigns and pop‑up series

• Hands‑on experience editing, assembling and deploying newsletters within a fast‑paced newsroom environment

• Proven ability to write clear, compelling newsletter copy and curate engaging editorial content under tight deadlines, with outstanding attention to detail

• An instinct for compelling headlines, subject lines and clean layout design

• Proficiency with major service providers such as Sailthru and Substack

• Ability to turn audience analytics into actionable insights

• Exceptional attention to detail and a rigorous approach to pre‑send quality control

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate diplomatically with editors and other partners

• A proactive and problem‑solving mindset

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 talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local radio 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 multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

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 Strategy , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive…