Description

For over 160 years, The Telegraph’s stories, dispatches, interviews, and investigations have set the agenda, sparked debate, and provided generations of readers with a trusted source of news, information, and opinion.

Our vision, with quality journalism at the heart, is to pioneer new ways to serve 10 million registered users and 1 million subscribers, by 2023, a vision we all stand behind. We wouldn’t be one of the world's most successful media organisations without the talent, determination, and creative spirit of our people. As our readers’ needs evolve, it's more important than ever that we recruit original thinkers and innovative individuals who can keep us at the forefront of our industry. That means not only journalists but also marketers, analysts, designers, engineers, and much more.

We want to foster the diversity of thought through our people, create inclusive working environments that allow everyone to be their authentic selves at work while creating a sense of belonging to ensure we have the highest performing teams.

Role purpose and overview

You will be responsible for planning, commissioning and delivering Telegraph Sport’s slower stream editorial output (non-live) including special projects, features, interviews, and coverage of major events. You will be a Digital First, high class sports editor with experience of planning weekend print editions and supplements. You will focus on original, agenda setting and outstanding journalism that supports the Telegraph’s subscriptions strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and manage how Telegraph Sport covers all the major sporting events, delivering the must-reads around these key dates.
  
• Lead a team of commissioners and writers to produce the finest sports features, interviews and special projects in the industry.
• Represents the department at meetings internally.
• Speak to and manage Telegraph Sport's team of correspondents and writers. Work with Publishers (both Digital and Print) to ensure the production of slow stream content, special formats and key visuals are done to the highest standards.
• Deputise for the Head of Sport when required.

Essential vs desirable skills required for the role

• Experience of planning editorial coverage of major events, and commissioning award winning features, interviews and long form content.
• A dynamic editor brimming with brilliant ideas, the ability to convey this to writers, and then deliver the perfect product.
• Experience of a Digital First editorial strategy, and understanding of subscriptions models.
• Able to respond well under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.
• Broad knowledge of a wide variety of sport, particularly football, rugby union and cricket.
• Understanding of social media and data.

Requirements

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 by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and equal parental pay (six months fully paid for mothers and fathers), 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

Candidates are drawn to companies that highlight key benefits and ongoing support, this is a great opportunity to discuss our training and development opportunities, whether company-wide or role-specific If relevant, please add any role-specific training and development opportunities here in bullet point or paragraph form, for example, systems training, Soft skills workshops e.g. Stakeholder management, presentation skills, personal impact 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

We want you to feel you belong here and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Our organisation is on a continuous journey to achieve this sense of belonging, with focused inclusion policies, training, and internal networks. We believe it’s not only the right thing to do but that there’s a strong business case to support it. Because if you feel you belong, you’ll feel more comfortable, so you’ll be more likely to achieve your best. We have a number of internal networks that are totally inclusive and open for anyone to join. These include internal inclusion networks covering employees from ethnic minority backgrounds, working families, LGBTQ+, disabilities and long-term conditions, gender, wellbeing, and women in tech. Your wellbeing is paramount, so we have trained over 100 Mental Health First Aiders in the last two years to help support our employees. We’ve also signed the Tech Talent Charter, and are committed to driving greater inclusion and diversity in tech.