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Deputy Commercial Content EditorBauer Media
23 days ago
  • LevelMid Level
  • ProfessionsContent Editor, Content Manager, Social Media Manager
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

Our Team:
The Content Commerce team is at the heart of Bauer’s digital strategy in the UK, and you’ll be joining at an exciting time. Our affiliate editorial team provides a wide range of content to spec on time and in keeping with all current SEO guidelines and business goals. At Bauer, you’ll be joining a motivated, fun-loving, inclusive, and open-hearted culture in a working environment where team-playing and individual brilliance are both celebrated and supported. We can also offer further training and the opportunity to thrive within a highly successful multinational business.
The Focus of you role:
We are seeking a Deputy Autos Products Editor for our Content Commerce team as soon as possible.
Responsible for idea creation and content curation across Parkers.co.uk and Car Magazine’s product site, this role primarily focuses on hitting agreed targets for reach and commerce content. You’ll become an expert and ambassador in cutting-edge website best practices, be able to communicate effectively with SEO teams and developers and relay this to a non-technical team of writers.
This role also involves liaising with the Content Commerce Editor to continue the delivery of the digital strategy, managing the running of the CoCo team alongside the Parkers and Car editorial teams.
Helping the continuous growth of the Autos Content Commerce portfolio and managing a team accordingly is a key part of this role. You will also play support recruitment, onboarding and developing existing junior team members.
Main Responsibilites:
  • Using your journalistic and industry experience, you will help the Commercial Content Editor to manage and develop members of the digital editorial team, including setting and monitoring team KPIs, attending regular 121 meetings and mentoring junior writers
  • Managing the day-to-day running of Parkers and Car digital strategy and your direct reports
  • Supporting the editor with creating, planning and implementing the content strategy, drawing on expertise from around the business to ensure the subjects we cover are relevant and topical
  • Editing, creating and optimising high-quality and helpful autos content that precisely meets the needs of our audience
  • Researching and planning comprehensive product tests and writing buyers’ guides in line with current best practise and SEO standards. This will include more complex and research-intensive topics and formats
  • Creating accompanying photographic material to provide our users with the best offers tailored to their needs
  • Customising content for various digital platforms, including email, considering the unique requirements and best practices for each
  • Running the autos strategy on sales events like Prime Day and Black Friday, with support from the Commercial Content Editor
  • Working in close collaboration with the wider editorial team, audience development and SEO management
What you'll bring:
  • You know what our users want, have a good feel for topics, have in-depth specialist knowledge and can also prepare complex content appealingly and understandably for our users
  • You have sophisticated SEO knowledge and know how to get content to rank
  • You have vast experience in writing news articles, in-depth features, product tests and reviews and know how to support best and advise readers in their purchasing decisions
  • You are familiar with common content KPIs and can use them to evaluate and optimise article performance
  • You are data fluent and have a thorough knowledge of analytics tools and how to use them to drive or improve content and rankings
  • You have a hunger to lead, along with a collaborative mindset, a can-do attitude and a willingness to help the team evolve
  • Your writing and communication skills are of the highest standard
  • You can create clear and well-presented photography to support articles and are happy to appear in the content when necessary
  • You are self-motivated, display excellent time management, understand prioritisation, are self-organised and have a hands-on mentality
Closing Date: Sunday 22nd September
Package Description
Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days 
  • Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development 
  • Opportunity to buy additional holiday
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay 
  • Company pension 
  • Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
  • Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
  • Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
  • Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives  
  • Discounted high street vouchers
About Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media Group has become an enduringly successful media corporation by focusing on creating content that matters most to millions of people around the world: from print and online publishing to radio and money-helper services for consumers, as well as sales and marketing services for SMB. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer focuses on the long term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our increasingly diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 15,000 shares a passion – to deliver content and services that are popular with, and helpful to, our customers and partners.

As the UK’s biggest selling magazine publisher, we create iconic and influential magazine media brands, digital properties and associated consumer and B2B live events for diverse, passionate audiences.  We reach 25 million consumers through our portfolio, which includes heat, Grazia, Closer, Empire, Motor Cycle News, Parkers, Mother& Baby, TV Choice, Take a Break, Bella, Yours, Garden News and Country Walking.  Our scale, coupled with the breadth of our portfolio, gives us an advantage over pure play magazine competitors. It also gives us a huge responsibility - our brands become the lens through which our audiences see the world, and for this reason, we take our responsibilities as a media outlet very seriously, recognising that we are responsible for shaping perceptions in the wider world.
Belonging at Bauer Mission statement
People are at the heart of everything we do. Inclusivity is part of who we are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and encourage authenticity, knowing that our differences are celebrated.
What we will offer you
Quite simply, our promise to you is that Bauer Media is a great place to do great work with great people. Our people take an enormous amount of pride in the brands they support. They like their team members, and they feel supported by their managers. We all take collective responsibility for our culture, because we know it has a ripple effect out across our brands. That’s why our culture of inclusion at work, Belonging at Bauer, is at the heart of everything we do. Belonging at Bauer is about our dual goals of being as representative as we can of the audiences we serve, and about creating a working environment where all our people feel able to bring their whole selves to work every day. It’s part of everything we do, and everyone who works here is responsible. If you join us, you’ll be an important part of this as well.
Our mental health at work
We’re proud to be the driving force behind the “Where’s your head at?” campaign, which is working to put Mental Health First Aiders on an equal footing with traditional workplace First Aiders. This is a priority for all of us that work at Bauer and we now have fully trained Mental Health First Aiders supporting and working across all of our UK locations.
Learning and Development
As the only Media company to be in the top 100 apprenticeship employers, we are striving to always be a great place to do great work for all, Bauer is committed to offering learning and development initiatives through its Bauer Academy tailored to its people, empowering teams and individuals to grow and progress in their careers.
Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.
Bauer Core Values
Passion
We LOVE what we do – it inspires, unifies and challenges us. Our passion is contagious – both loud and quiet, making the impossible possible.
Excellence
Our desire for excellence fuels our ambition for personal and business growth.
Trust
We value honesty and integrity. Trust is our foundation, empowering our people to live up to their full potential.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is our pursuit of opportunity – we are agile, focused and resourceful.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.

Skills Required

  • Content Editing
  • SEO
  • Time Management

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