Head of Editorial Performance

About the Role

Reporting directly to the Director of Audience and Performance, this role is responsible for ensuring the Telegraph’s journalism is performing to its full potential and is driving growth in the company’s subscription growth. This will be through insight, targets, metrics and relaying challenges and opportunities to senior editors and heads of department.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the senior editors and heads of department to determine and deliver all the numbers that are needed to achieve subscriptions growth, and the strategy and tactics to do so
• Manage the Performance team, and work with I&A, to translate what audience data means for commissioning and publishing of our journalism - both at an operational day-to-day level and a strategic level. This includes data availability and reporting.
• Ensure the presentation of data and performance across the newsroom is to the highest standard, adding colour to the picture and, where possible, relaying actionable insight
• Hold regular meetings with senior commissioning and publishing editors to feed back on performance and opportunities for improvement - whether that be what content we are producing; how, when and where we are producing it; and how, when and where we are promoting it
• Frequently review the Performance team’s output and priorities to ensure it continues to reflect the business’s priorities
• Work with the Marketing, Engagement, Retention, Product and Technology departments to ensure we are extracting full performance from our journalism across the business
• Be a leading member of the team that analyses content access - ensuring intelligent access to our journalism, together with the right mechanism, offer and message is shown to the reader

Essential Skills

• A journalist with senior experience of working in a major newsroom.
• A leader with a track record of building and managing teams
• Extensive experience of studying analytics and demonstrable evidence of using insight to drive forward editorial performance.
• Extensive knowledge of best practice across digital journalism including SEO, social media, community and other audience-building facets.
• An inquisitive mind that is always searching for answers and innovative solutions to publishing journalism.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to coordinate complex projects.
• A deep understanding of the Telegraph’s journalism and audience.

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 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, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader 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.