Discover Editor

What will the role involve?

• Shaping and delivering the Discover strategy for your newsroom to support the growth of Discover audiences across our network
• Attending and playing a key role in conferences, meetings and newsroom planning to influence content direction from a Discover perspective, advising on Google Discover trends and playing a key role in content planning
• Building Discover editorial calendars, communicating key upcoming events to editors, and managing forward planning efforts to establish authority on core topics as well as taking advantage of seasonal opportunities
• Working with the Head of Search to manager the day-to-day implementation of our Discover strategy in your newsroom, providing real-time feedback on articles to improve visibility on Discover
• Spearheading the writing of optimised articles strategically commissioned to target Google Discover and working with editorial senior managers to embed Discover strategy in audience development plans
• Daily analysis of performance both within the team and overall KPIs for the business, ensuring you deliver and monitor key projects/initiatives to meet growth objectives around Discover
• Creating daily reports using analytical tools to make key content choices. identifying training needs and deliver latest best practice advice to teams
• This role will involve weekend and evening shift working on a rota basis so a flexible approach is required

Requirements

Who are we looking for?

• You are a Google Discover Expert, an experienced writer and Content Editor with a good working knowledge of other Google news and content distribution platforms
• You are an NCTJ (or equivalent) qualified journalist with a proven track record of working in an editor level position
• You have an excellent news sense and always stay on top of the news cycle to allow you to communicate trending topics to newsroom managers and editors
• You have extensive digital publishing and SEO skills
• You are a supportive and encouraging communicator who will help instil best Discover practices in your team and beyond