Newsroom Manager

Newsroom Manager – Salary circa £50,000 (depending on location, skills and experience)

Location: York

This is a great job for someone who…

… loves bringing content to life, by shaping and delivering our content strategy. You’ll be running multiple newsrooms to make sure our customers get the information they need, when they need it. You’ll also be making fast, confident, editorial decisions, working in a high-volume, fast-paced business area. If you’re looking to join a friendly, collaborative, creative team, this could be just the job you’re looking for.

A bit about the job

The Newsroom Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our always-on marketing communications strategy. Reporting to the Content Lead they will lead the strategic planning, governance and day-to-day operation of our editorial newsrooms, making sure content is aligned to business priorities, customer needs and key market moments.

Responsible for running multiple newsrooms to deliver a customer first content strategy, they will act as the vital connection between our Marketing and CX teams, Go to Market and Digital.

Working with our Content Managers, this role is responsible for shifting content from reactive production to proactive, newsroom led storytelling. This includes balancing long-term planning with the agility to respond to cultural, commercial and customer led opportunities.

They will own the editorial newsroom agenda, translating business and customer priorities into clear, structured content plans, while upholding editorial standards, principles and ways of working across the Content team and wider contributors.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Experience running an editorial function or always-on content operation cross multi products or propositions
• Strong editorial judgement and ability to make fast, confident decisions
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex content requirements into high-level ‘content roadmaps’
• Experience working in high-volume, fast-paced marcomms/content environments
• Strong understanding of content performance, audience insight and how insight informs optimisation and planning.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary circa £50,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% (D grade) of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email noemi.pers@aviva.com .