Haymarket Media Group
Syndication Editor
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Overview
Location - Twickenham
Hybrid Working - 3 Days in the Office
Salary - £33,000-37,000 Depending on Experience
Autocar is seeking a Syndication Editor with a sharp newsroom instinct to manage our content on the MSN platform. As Microsoft seeks to diversify its appeal combining galleries with authoritative, long-form journalism, your role is to ensure Autocar’s industry-leading car reviews, deep-dive features, and breaking news packages are positioned for maximum reach and revenue. You will treat the feed like a digital front page, selecting and optimizing our best editorial work for a massive global audience.
Responsibilities
- Curate and package: Select and schedule Autocar’s premium long-form features, galleries, news, and reviews for the MSN ecosystem.
- Optimise for quality: Craft compelling, accurate headlines and choose striking imagery that drives engagement without resorting to sensationalism.
- Feed management: Monitor the CMS and RSS feeds to ensure seamless content ingestion and formatting.
- Analyse performance: Track real-time audience data on the Microsoft dashboard to refine our syndication strategy and boost traffic.
Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria
- Newsroom experience: A solid background in a fast-paced digital newsroom or automotive publication; you know what makes a story authoritative and timely.
- Quality focus: A natural preference for substantive, deeply reported automotive journalism.
- Sharp editorial judgment: Strong copy-editing skills and a strict adherence to Autocar’s tone of voice and journalistic standards.
We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria. To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post. If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@haymarket.com.
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Why work with us?
Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.
Our benefits include:
- 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
- Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days
- Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments
- Generous contributory pension scheme
- Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more
More about working for Haymarket
Working here means being part of a commitment to shaping a better future. As a proudly Certified B Corp™, we are part of a global movement of businesses acting as a force for good. Haymarket Impact is focused on making a positive difference globally, guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and intertwined with an unwavering commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. This commitment to balancing profit with purpose is deeply embedded in our culture, reflected in our values of Integrity, Respect, Creativity, Innovation, and Expertise.
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