Partnerships Editor

Location: dmg::media Headquarters – London

Position: Permanent

Role Summary

MailMetroMedia is seeking a Partnerships Editor for MailOnline and Metro.co.uk covering both the UK and US. They will be responsible for driving exceptional editorial standards across our commerce content partners. This will cover a range of topics under the categories: consumer products and consumer services; including personal finance. The job will be crucial in ensuring that our editorial interests are maintained at all times.

We are looking for an editorial leader with a keen eye for detail to work with our partners.  To collate, commission, edit and approve content and ensure everything that’s published meets industry regulations and our own internal high standards. You will establish and maintain excellent relationships across both our editorial and commercial teams as well as with external partners.

Main Responsibilities

• Collate, commission, edit and approve content from our partners to engage our huge audience
• Ensure compliance on all our commercial content, ensuring everything that’s published meets industry regulations and our high editorial standards
• Be an expert on ASA regulations and the CAP code, supporting internal teams as well as external partners on compliance issues
• Apply your knowledge of SEO and editorial skills to maximise reach and engagement of partner content for discovery
• Establish and maintain excellent relationships across our commercial and editorial teams as well as with third party content suppliers
• Proactively suggest improvements and opportunities to grow partner content and support the team to grow revenue and build new relationships
• Identify new category areas for growth

Additional responsibilities

• With the wider team, ensure successful integration of new commerce third party partners, including marketing activities to support both launch and ongoing campaigns
• Liaise with other internal departments such as Commercial, SEO, Analytics with ease on a variety of campaigns and/or projects
• Able to support commerce content across different verticals such as newsletters, syndication, and social channels

What we’re looking for

• Journalism qualifications such as NCTJ and at least four years’ experience working in a busy newsroom
• Excellent people and relationship building skills, across all seniority levels and teams, across editorial and commercial
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain the highest possible editorial standards
• In depth knowledge of media law as well as industry regulatory codes, including IPSO and ASA
• Solid knowledge of the digital media, publishing and ecommerce landscape
• A good understanding of consumer products and consumer services; including personal finance; how they work and the brands involved
• Comfortable at building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work independently
• Understanding of the competitor landscape

Why work for Mail Metro Media?

• Work in a fast paced, vibrant environment where the core values of entrepreneurialism, purpose and excellence resonate in our daily activities
• Work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to scale growth areas of business, across global markets
• Flexibility to engage with partners and suppliers to establish best in class media solutions
• Gain an unrivalled opportunity to shape the business and put your own stamp on it
• Join a distinct culture with a strong sense of family heritage behind it

Company Summary

dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. The Mail brand reaches one in two Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country.*

Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Mail+, Metro, Metro.co.uk, i and inews.co.uk reach more than 10.1m people daily in the UK.*

Globally, dmg media’s brands reach 190M unique browsers every month across its domains and apps.**

Our newsbrands maintain an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most to our readers, ensuring that we remain experts at delivering relevant and insightful content.

In October, the Mail became the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 7- million followers. 

*PAMCo H2 2023  **GA 2023 September

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.