Job Description
Your Team: You will be joining the Marketing team at The Sun, a fast-paced and high-energy department dedicated to growth. This team is the driving force behind building our audience and driving subscriptions, working at the heart of one of the UK’s most iconic newsbrands.
Your Role: Reporting to the Head of Acquisition, you will play a vital role in coordinating and executing marketing activity across our acquisition funnel. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic media environment, ensuring our campaigns are strategically aligned and delivered with impact.
Day to day you will:
1. Support the building and management of the always-on and tactical campaign calendar.
2. Coordinate end-to-end campaign planning to ensure messaging, media, and creative are aligned with our goals.
3. Liaise with internal teams, including editorial, commercial, and social, to source assets and creative approvals.
4. Maintain key documentation such as campaign timelines, performance trackers, and post-campaign reviews.
5. Monitor ongoing campaign performance to identify opportunities for growth or risks to the acquisition team.
What we're looking for from you:
6. Experience in a marketing, media, or campaign coordination role within an agency or in-house environment.
7. Proven ability to manage projects with strong organisational skills.
8. Clear communication style with the ability to work collaboratively across different teams and stakeholders.
9. Basic knowledge of digital marketing channels and general campaign principles.
10. A proactive mindset and the ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced setting.
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 newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, 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.
Life at News
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 take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
11. Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
12. Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes
13. ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
14. Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
15. Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
16. Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
17. Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
18. A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
19. Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
20. 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.
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