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Deputy Products Editor, AutomotiveBauer Media
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  • LevelJunior
  • ProfessionsNews Editor, Editorial Director, Journalist
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationPeterborough, United Kingdom

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Description

Our Team:
The Content Commerce team sits at the core of Bauer’s digital strategy in the UK, and there’s no better time to join!
As a member of our affiliate editorial team, you’ll craft content that’s not only timely and SEO-savvy but also aligned with our ambitious growth goals. Expect to be part of a dynamic, supportive culture that’s fun-loving, inclusive, and celebrates both team success and individual! We truly invest in our people with ongoing training, setting you up to thrive and make an impact within a highly successful global business.
The Focus of the role:
As the driving force behind content creation and strategy for Parkers.co.uk and Car Magazine’s product site, your role will be instrumental in expanding our reach and growing our commerce content. You’ll become an expert in cutting-edge website practices, working closely with SEO specialists and developers to implement these insights, while also guiding a team of writers on how to bring these best practices to life.
In this role, you’ll partner with the Content Commerce Editor to lead our digital strategy forward, working seamlessly with both the CoCo team and the Parkers and Car editorial teams. Your leadership will be key to expanding the Autos Content Commerce portfolio, and you’ll support recruitment, onboarding, and the professional development of our talented junior team members.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of automotive media content with a team that’s passionate about cars and content excellence!
This role will offer hybrid working – 2 days in our Peterborough office, and the rest working from home.
Main Responsibilities:
  • 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:
  • Strong understanding of our audience, topics, specialist knowledge, and can present complex content clearly and engagingly.
  • Possess advanced SEO skills to get our content ranked.
  • Bring experience in writing news, features, and product reviews, with a knack for guiding readers in purchasing decisions.
  • Familiar with content KPIs and know how to optimize articles for performance.
  • Data-savvy and proficient with analytics tools to boost content impact and rankings.
  • Passionate about leadership, have a collaborative mindset, and a can-do attitude to support team growth.
  • Exceptional writing and communication skills.
  • Self-driven, well-organized, and manage time and priorities effectively.
  • Skilled in photography and comfortable appearing in content when needed.
Closing Date: Sunday 1st December
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

  • Journalism
  • SEO
  • Time Management

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