Description

Role purpose and overview

As a Senior Homepage Producer, you'll ensure the Telegraph.co.uk and Telegraph app homepages present a compelling offer for our audience by selecting stories, writing headlines and choosing pictures that engage readers. To ensure all content on the front page of Telegraph.co.uk meets the standards expected of a world class news website.

You will have the chance to work across a variety of content in a fast-paced, expanding team and alongside some of the country’s best journalists in their field. This is an exciting challenge to make a real impact in driving subscriptions in a globally renowned organisation that puts quality first.

Key responsibilities

• Present stories, in liaison with the on-duty website editor, in the most compelling way on the Telegraph homepage and app, with the best array of stories, sharpest headlines and strongest images.
• Ensure the presentation of the homepage and app reflects the interests of our subscribers and potential subscribers and is in line with the tone and consistency expected of the Telegraph brand.
• Work with the pictures desk and design team to select the right images and produce brilliant, innovative illustrations for the homepage.
• Send lively and eye-catching notifications for breaking stories and top-performing features to the Telegraph app and other platforms that host our content.
• Send Breaking News emails when appropriate.
• Liaise regularly with other desks about their forthcoming content and how best to promote and display it.
• Monitor analytics to understand what is performing well and what could be improved.
• Stand in for the editor/deputy homepage editor when required, including attending daily conferences
• Act as a super-user for all digital tools available to Telegraph journalists and digital publishing in general.
• Help to train and educate junior members of the homepage team and others across the newsroom on all things digital, both formally and informally.
• Please note: this role will work both early (6:30am start) and late (10:30pm finish) shifts on a seven day rota.

Key skills

Essential:

• Experience with a respected website, national or regional newspaper or broadcaster - particularly within a breaking news environment.
• Sound news and picture judgement.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure.

Desirable:

• An understanding of the Telegraph audience and subscription model.
• Ability to write headlines with a variety of tones.
• Expertise in digital publishing.

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance, and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.