Audience editor (social)

The digital edition of the award-winning current affairs magazine The Week is looking for an audience editor, specialising in social media, to join our friendly team and report to our executive editor.

Like our sister print publications, The Week’s website cherry-picks the best news articles, features and opinion pieces from media outlets across the globe and weaves them together into bite-sized digests and comprehensive briefings.

What you will be doing...

• Set the tone for The Week's social media presence on existing and new platforms in the UK and US
• Develop a small, social-first content strategy to attract and convert new audiences via organic social media
• Manage the daily social media output of The Week and using analytics tools to monitor performance
• Collaborate with the editorial and marketing teams to curate engaging social content
• Pitching and writing website articles to increase traffic to the site

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• At least three years' experience in social media management and experience with audience growth
• Expertise in and passion for social media platforms, especially Facebook, X and Instagram
• An excellent grasp of language, spelling and grammar.
• An understanding of current affairs and media law 
• Familiarity with The Week’s approach to news and features and a good sense of what will interest our readers
• An understanding of search engine optimisation
• Candidates with experience in journalism will be at an advantage

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch and learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you are not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

The expected range for this role is £29,000 - £40,000

This is a hybrid role from our London Office, working three days from the office, two from home

Who we are

We are Future. We are 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We have got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. 

Our Future, Our Responsibility - inclusion and diversity at Future

We have a voice and we are going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.