Junior Social Media Journalist - #1749533

Location: Metro Headquarters – London

Position: Permanent

Metro.co.uk is looking for a full-time Junior Social Media Editor to join our London team and learn how to help deliver news, features, sport, opinion and video to a fast-growing global audience.

The ideal candidate will have some initial experience working with social media in a news environment at a student or professional level, as well as an interest in politics, current affairs and showbiz, and sport which they’re looking to develop and grow at a national level in a fast-paced newsroom.

This role requires experience and knowledge of every major social platform, but most importantly an enthusiastic and a positive can-do attitude. You should be passionate about creating content for social media and have an engaging style.

We are a creative, dynamic social team used to creating engaging social first content as well as transforming our industry-leading on-site editorial into digestible multimedia content suitable for multiple audiences on multiple platforms.

Key Requirements

• A strong understanding of the fundamentals of journalism, including how stories are sourced, how they’re composed and how they’re distributed
• An interest in developing new ways to distribute our journalism to the public
• Understand where journalism, social, community management and digital content is heading
• Experience of creating engaging social posts and managing social accounts
• Familiarity with crafting engaging Instagram and Facebook posts
• Familiarity with social video / vertical video formats, including Instagram Reels
• Ability to create social first content
• An interest in learning about the power of analytics and audience demographics
• Ability to spot a story online and the confidence to relay that to the wider team and other desks
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Knowledge of social media, community management and of growing and engaging audiences through newsroom experience, student journalism or personal brand-building
• Experience with content editing tools like Canva
• Some initial experience of working within a news/media environment at a local or national level
• Understanding of the UK Editors’ Code of Practice, media and copyright law
• Willingness to work in a dynamic, fast-paced 24/7 news environment with flexibility to work unsociable hours as and when required
  
  

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics
  
  

Plus much more...

About Metro

Metro is the nation’s most loved and fastest growing newsbrand. Under the banner of ‘Free to Read. Free to think’, Metro has the highest weekday circulation of any UK paper, and prides itself on being free and impartial.

Across print, website, socials, emails, Reddit and WhatsApp, Metro is the fifth most read newspaper in the UK, reaching a young and diverse audience of over 3.4 million Brits per day who come to the title to keep informed, updated and entertained. Recently relaunched for a user-friendly, mobile-first experience, Metro’s website offers a wide range of award-winning digital and video content.

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.