Deputy News Editor

Deputy News Editor, Metro

Location: Metro Headquarters – London
Position: Permanent

Job Introduction

Metro.co.uk delivers news, features, sport, opinion, and shareable content to a fast-growing global audience and we are looking for a Deputy News Editor to join the London team, with a strong focus on video-led storytelling.

You will be responsible for pitching, writing, producing, commissioning and editing video and written content of interest to our audience, distributed widely across Metro.co.uk and social platforms. The role encompasses news editing to support the News Editor and stepping up into that role when required. The job involves managing editorial production processes across text and video, assisting with news page editing, news gathering, copy editing, headline writing, and overseeing the integration of video into daily news coverage.

Working closely with the news team, video team and social editors, your responsibilities will include:

• Producing written and video-first content for the website and digital platforms
• Identifying stories with strong video potential and shaping them for social and on-site audiences
• Delivering vibrant copy and compelling video scripts while working to very tight deadlines
• Generating original news stories, with a keen eye for surfacing compelling visual and shareable content
• Managing workflow, research and production schedules to deliver stories and videos to tight deadlines
• Coordinating with reporters, video producers and editors to ensure content is produced efficiently and on time
• Editing and commissioning video content, ensuring accuracy, tone and brand alignment
• Operating the content management system for publication of written and video stories
• Monitoring analytics across written and video content, adjusting strategy to optimise KPIs and audience growth
• Producing and overseeing coverage of significant news events, including fast-turnaround video explainers, live or near-live clips, and social video formats

We are looking for professionals with the following:

• Significant newsroom experience, ideally within a fast-paced digital environment
• Proven experience working with or commissioning video news content
• The ability to work under intense deadline pressure, including during breaking news
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including scriptwriting and video briefing
• Strong knowledge of multiplatform news gathering tools, including video, social and UGC resources
• A passion for research and for finding the most interesting and visually engaging information
• Strong communication skills to work collaboratively with reporters, video producers and editors
• Prior experience managing reporters and/or producers
• The ability to establish strong production processes across text and video
• Experience managing breaking news and identifying content that engages and grows a digital audience
• The ability to direct, develop and maintain the quality and output of rolling, 24-hour digital news, with video as a key driver of reach and engagement

The above list is not exhaustive and will evolve based on the needs of the business. Out-of-hours availability, adaptability and a willingness to respond quickly to the news agenda are essential.

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)

• Pension plan and life cover

• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

METRO

Metro is the nation’s most loved and fastest growing newsbrand. Under the banner of ‘Free to Read. Free to think’, Metro has the highest weekday circulation of any UK paper, and prides itself on being free and impartial.

Across print, website, socials, emails, Reddit and WhatsApp, Metro is the fifth most read newspaper in the UK, reaching a young and diverse audience of over 3.4 million Brits per day who come to the title to keep informed, updated and entertained. Recently relaunched for a user-friendly, mobile-first experience, Metro’s website offers a wide range of award-winning digital and video content.

www.metro.co.uk

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.